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2) Select Device and I/O ports.
3) Disable the Planar SAS.
v If hard disk drives are installed in the blade server, disable the option
ROM for the SAS expansion card:
1) When you are prompted, press F1 to access BIOS.
2) Select Advanced Setup → PCI Control → PCI ROM.
3) Disable the Option ROM for the SAS expansion card slot.
For more information about setting up the SAS hard disk drive
configuration, see the IBM BladeCenter SAS Expansion Card (CFFv) Installation
and User's Guide.
b. Save the BIOS configuration and restart the blade server.
c. When you are prompted, press Ctrl-C to start the LSI Configuration Utility.
d. Select the SAS expansion adapter and complete the following steps:
1) Select RAID Properties.
2) Select the type of volume that is to be created (IM Volume, IME Volume,
or IS Volume) and follow the prompts.
e. After you create the volumes, exit the LSI Configuration Utility.
4. Assign the DVD drive on the media tray to the blade server that you are
configuring by pressing
For more information about assigning the media tray to the blade server, see
"Selecting shared BladeCenter resources" on page 52.
5. Insert the operating system media into the DVD drive.
6. Set the DVD drive as the boot device for the blade server that you are
configuring, if it is necessary for that blade server. You can do that from the
advanced management module.
7. Install the operating system. The ServerGuide program is a server installation
assistant that simplifies the process of installing and configuring blade servers.
If you are installing a Microsoft Windows operating system, consider using the
ServerGuide CD that comes with your blade server. If you have already
configured your SAS storage before using the ServerGuide program, make sure
that you choose to retain the configuration when you begin installing the
operating system.
Important: If you have two SAS connectivity modules installed, the blade
server does not have internal hard disk drives installed, and you are installing
the operating system one on of the disks or disk arrays in the storage modules:
a. From the advanced management module Web interface, disable the ports
for one of the SAS connectivity modules.
b. Install the operating system to the disk or disk array.
c. From the advanced management module Web interface, re-enable the ports
for the SAS connectivity module.
If you are using IBM Director and RDM, these steps are performed by the
software; you do not need to perform these steps.
CD
on the front of the blade server.
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