Determining Power And Cooling Configurations; Planning Device And Interconnect Mappings - HP Cisco Catalyst Blade Switch 3020 Overview

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The following items are available on the HP BladeSystem documentation website
(http://www.hp.com/go/oa):
Useful links to BladeSystem technical information such as Quick Specs and Customer advisories
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The installation checklist, used to collect information needed for installation and configuration
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User documentation, such as user guides, quick install cards, and troubleshooting information
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Copies of all the material included with the enclosure
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Numerous white papers and technical briefs on various BladeSystem components.
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For detailed information on ProLiant Gen8 servers and software, see the HP ProLiant Gen8 Server
Information Library (http://www.hp.com/go/proliantgen8/docs).
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For the latest software and firmware drivers, see the HP Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) website
(http://www.hp.com/go/spp/download).

Determining power and cooling configurations

Validate power and cooling requirements, based on location and installed components.

Planning device and interconnect mappings

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Onboard Administrator to iLO port mappings
The blade iLO ports and interconnect module ports can obtain IP addresses on the management
network in three ways: a DHCP server, static IP address assignment, or Enclosure Bay IP Address
(EBIPA). In addition, the iLO Management Engine is available on Gen8 server blades.
For more information about Onboard Administrator, see the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator
User Guide on the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/oa). For more information about the iLO
Management Engine, see the iLO Management Engine Information Library on the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/ilomgmtengine/docs).
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Mezzanine slot to interconnect bay mappings
Before you begin 6