Updating Your Blade Server Configuration; Input/Output Connectors And Devices - IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839 Installation And User Manual

If this is the initial installation for a blade server in the BladeCenter unit, you must
configure the blade server with the blade server Configuration/Setup Utility and
install the blade server operating system. See "Updating your blade server
configuration" and Chapter 5, "Installing the operating system," on page 63 for
details.

Updating your blade server configuration

When you start your blade server for the first time after you add or remove an
internal option or external SCSI device (if the storage expansion unit has been
installed), you might receive a message that the configuration has changed. The
blade server Configuration/Setup Utility program starts automatically so that you can
save the new configuration settings. For more information, see "Using the
Configuration/Setup Utility program" on page 51.
Some options have device drivers that you must install. See the documentation that
comes with each option for information about installing device drivers.
If your blade server comes with more than one microprocessor or if your blade
server comes with one microprocessor and you have installed additional
microprocessors, your blade server might be able to operate as an SMP server. You
might need to upgrade the operating system to support SMP. For more information,
see Chapter 5, "Installing the operating system," on page 63 and your
operating-system documentation.

Input/output connectors and devices

The input/output connectors that are available to your blade server are supplied by
the BladeCenter unit. See the documentation that comes with your BladeCenter unit
for information about the input/output connectors.
The blade server has two selection buttons on the control panel: the
CD/diskette/USB select button and the keyboard/mouse/video select button. See
"Controls and LEDs" on page 18 for information about these buttons and their
functions.
The Ethernet controllers on your blade server communicate with the network
through the Ethernet-compatible switch modules on the BladeCenter unit. Network
signals to and from the blade server or any I/O expansion cards are automatically
routed to a same-network-interface switch module through circuitry in the
BladeCenter unit.
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