Updating The Blade Server Configuration; Input/Output Connectors And Devices - IBM HS21 - BladeCenter - 8853 User Manual

Updating the blade server configuration

When the blade server starts for the first time after you add or remove an internal
option, 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 39 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 operates as a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) server, regardless
of how many microprocessors are installed. For optimum performance, you must
upgrade the operating system to support SMP. See Chapter 5, Chapter 5, "Installing
the operating system," on page 49 on page 49 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 media tray
select button and the keyboard/video/mouse select button. See "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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