Updating The Blade Server Configuration; Input/Output Connectors And Devices - IBM LS20 - BladeCenter - 8850 Installation And User Manual

10. If you have other blade servers to install, do so now.
If this is the initial installation for the blade server in the BladeCenter unit, you must
configure the blade server through the Configuration/Setup Utility program and
install the blade server operating system. See "Updating the blade server
configuration" and Chapter 5, "Installing the operating system," on page 41 for
details.

Updating the blade server configuration

When the blade server starts for the first time after you add or remove an internal
option or an external SCSI device, you might receive a message that the
configuration has changed. The Configuration/Setup Utility program automatically
starts so that you can save the new configuration settings. See "Using the
Configuration/Setup Utility program" on page 33 for more information about the
Configuration/Setup Utility program.
Some options have device drivers that you must install. See the documentation that
comes with each option for information about installing device drivers.
The blade server comes with at least one microprocessor. If more than one
microprocessor is installed, the blade server can now operate as a symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) server. You might have to upgrade the operating system to
support SMP. See Chapter 5, "Installing the operating system," on page 41 and your
operating-system documentation for additional information.

Input/output connectors and devices

The input/output connectors that are available to the blade server are supplied by
the BladeCenter unit. See the documentation that comes with the 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/video/mouse select button. See
"The control panel buttons and LEDs" on page 12 for information about these
buttons and their functions.
The Ethernet controllers on the blade server communicate with the network through
the Ethernet-compatible I/O modules on the BladeCenter unit. Network signals to
and from the blade server or any expansion cards are automatically routed to a
same-network-interface I/O module through circuitry in the BladeCenter unit.
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Note: Reinstall the bezel assembly on the BladeCenter T unit after you have
finished installing the blade servers (see the BladeCenter T Types 8720
and 8730 Installation and User's Guide for detailed instructions for
reinstalling the bezel assembly).