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Chapter 4. Planning for configuration
During planning, you need to plan for the configuration of the advanced
management module, I/O modules, blade servers, and storage.
Configuration tools
Several tools are available to help you configure your BladeCenter S system.
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager is designed to help administrators manage
change and growth by making it easy to configure I/O and network interconnects
for up to 100 BladeCenter chassis — up to 1400 blade servers.
Once installed in the advanced management module, IBM BladeCenter Open
Fabric Manager enables an administrator to pre-configure LAN and SAN
connections. The I/O connections are assigned automatically when you plug in a
blade server.
For more information about BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/
openfabricmanager.html.
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor is a configuration tool that can help you quickly
configure components of the BladeCenter S chassis. It is delivered on a DVD-ROM
and is run from your local computer.
You can also download it from the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor downloads
Web site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/
docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5076842&brandind=5000020.
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor provides end-to-end chassis configuration from
within a single application. It performs these tasks:
v Guides you through the process of connecting your computer to the chassis,
v Automatically discovers the supported chassis and check the inventory and
v Guides you through the process of setting up the connectivity of the chassis
v Automatically updates the firmware for selected chassis components, including
v Enables you to change the administrative password for the
v Guides you through setting up the simplified RAID configuration for the
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either over a network or through a direct attachment to the Ethernet port on the
advanced management module.
health of the chassis.
components.
the advanced management module, I/O modules, blade servers, SAS
connectivity modules, SAS RAID controller modules, storage modules, and
Ethernet switch modules.
applicable components in your chassis.
integrated shared store within the chassis and for the internal storage within a
blade server.
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