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Chapter 3. Installing the BladeCenter unit and options
This chapter provides instructions for installing the BladeCenter unit into a rack and
adding optional devices to your BladeCenter unit. Some removal instructions are
provided in case you have to remove one device to install another.
Installation checklist
Before you can use the BladeCenter unit, you must set up and configure the
BladeCenter unit, and install and configure the required components in the
BladeCenter unit. If you have not already done so, perform the activities on the
following checklist:
__ 1. Set up the rack in which you will install the BladeCenter unit. See the
__ 2. Determine the BladeCenter unit configuration settings, such as the IP
__ 3. Remove any modules that come installed in the BladeCenter unit to reduce
__ 4. Install the BladeCenter unit into the rack. See the BladeCenter H Rack
__ 5. Reinstall the removed modules in the BladeCenter unit. Make sure that the
__ 6. Install the required BladeCenter unit components.
__ 7. Make sure that the latest level of firmware is installed on all of the
__ 8. Configure the management module in the BladeCenter unit. See the
__ 9. Configure the I/O modules in the BladeCenter unit. See the documentation
__ 10. Configure the blade servers. See the Installation and User's Guide that
Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack
Install the BladeCenter unit in a rack before you install any modules or blade
servers in the BladeCenter unit. If your BladeCenter unit is preconfigured with blade
servers, power modules, management modules, and blowers already installed,
remove them first to reduce the weight. Detailed instructions for installing a
BladeCenter unit in a rack are in the BladeCenter H Rack Installation Instructions
that come with the BladeCenter unit.
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documentation that comes with your rack.
address, network address, and Wake on LAN setting. Record the
BladeCenter configuration setting information in Appendix A, "BladeCenter
management-module configuration worksheet," on page 47. See the
BladeCenter Management Module User's Guide that comes with your
management module for instructions to configure an IP address.
the weight of the unit you install into the rack. See "Removing components
before rack installation" on page 19 for instructions.
Installation Instructions.
BladeCenter unit has adequate power to support all of the installed
components. The BladeCenter unit must contain either two or four power
modules.
BladeCenter components. See http://www.ibm.com/support/ for additional
information.
BladeCenter Advanced Management Module Installation Guide that comes
with your management module for information and instructions.
for your I/O modules for configuration information.
comes with your blade server for information and instructions.
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