Table Of Contents - IBM BladeCenter HX5 Installation And User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . .
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation .
The IBM Documentation CD .
Hardware and software requirements .
Using the Documentation Browser .
Notices and statements in this document .
Features and specifications.
What your blade server offers
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features.
IBM Systems Director .
Major components of the blade server
Working with a scalable blade complex .
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and
indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning on the blade server .
Turning off the blade server .
Blade server controls and LEDs.
Scalability indicators .
Blade server connectors - BladeCenter HX5 .
Blade server connectors - IBM MAX5 .
Input/output connectors and devices .
Chapter 3. Installing optional devices
Installation guidelines .
System reliability guidelines .
Handling static-sensitive devices .
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
chassis . . . . . .
Removing the blade server cover .
Disassembling a scalable blade complex .
Removing the 2-node scalability card .
Removing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability card
Removing an IBM MAX5 .
Installing an expansion unit .
Removing an expansion unit
Installing a DIMM - IBM MAX5
Removing a DIMM - IBM MAX5 .
Installing an SSD expansion card .
Removing an SSD expansion card .
Installing a solid state drive .
Removing a solid state drive
Installing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5
Removing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5 .
Installing a hypervisor key .
Removing a hypervisor key .
Installing an I/O expansion card .
Installing a CIOv expansion card .
Installing a CFFh expansion card .
Removing an I/O expansion card .
Removing a CFFh expansion card .
Removing a CIOv expansion card .
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Installing a microprocessor and heat sink .
Installing the 1-node speed burst card
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Removing the 1-node speed burst card .
Completing the installation .
Assembling a scalable blade complex .
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Installing an IBM MAX5 .
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Installing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability card
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Installing the blade server cover
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Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter chassis 68
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Updating the blade server configuration .
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Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 71
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Partitioning a scalable blade complex .
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Using the Setup utility.
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Using the PXE boot agent utility program .
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Using the Boot Selection Menu program .
Using the Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) .
Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) 77
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data .
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Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program
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Updating firmware and device drivers .
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Updating firmware for blade servers operating as
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a single partition
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Updating firmware for each blade server
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independently
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Recovering from a UEFI update failure .
In-band manual recovery method .
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Out-of-band manual recovery method
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In-band automated boot recovery method .
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Out-of-band automated boot recovery method
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Chapter 5. Installing the operating
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Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD
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ServerGuide features .
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Typical operating-system installation
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Installing the operating system without using
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ServerGuide . .
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Using IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit .
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Chapter 6. Accessing the IMM . . . . 107
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Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface 107
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Resolving conflicts with the IMM LAN over USB
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interface . . .
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Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually 108
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Installing the LAN over USB Windows device
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driver . . .
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Installing the LAN over USB Linux device
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driver . . .
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Chapter 7. Solving problems . . . . . 111
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Diagnostic tools overview .
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ServerGuide problems
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