The Ibm Bladecenter Start Now Advisor Method; The Advanced Management Module Method - IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module Installation And User Manual

The IBM BladeCenter Start Now Advisor method

About this task
After installation, you can configure the SAS RAID Modules using the IBM
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor shipped with IBM BladeCenter S chassis. The Start
Now Advisor is a configuration tool that helps you quickly connect to and configure
components of the IBM BladeCenter S chassis. It provides step-by-step instructions
and enables you to quickly and easily configure the Advanced Management
Module and SAS RAID Modules, including setting storage options. To use the IBM
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor:
Procedure
1. Insert the IBM BladeCenter Start Now Advisor CD on a workstation that can
2. After connecting to and doing initial inventory of the IBM BladeCenter S

The Advanced Management Module method

About this task
After you install the IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module, you can log
into the Advanced Management Module and set the parameters of the modules so
that you can begin configuring your integrated storage.
Note: Before you enter the POST and Ethernet switch parameters for your IBM
BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module, ensure that if you are running a
storage configuration using spares, that spare matches the capacity, speed and type
of the drives in the array for which it is used.
Procedure
Note: You will still need to configure integrated storage using the IBM
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor, IBM Storage Configuration Manager,
or RAID Controller command line interface.
communicate with the Advanced Management Module, and follow the
instructions in the wizard. You must have the Advanced Management Module
IP address and IP addresses for the RAID Controller and SAS Switch
components of each IBM BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module to
complete IBM BladeCenter Start Now Advisor installation.
Note: You must have the Advanced Management Module IP address and IP
addresses for the RAID Controller and SAS Switch components of eachIBM
BladeCenter S SAS RAID Controller Module to complete the IBM BladeCenter
Start Now Advisor installation.
chassis, choose a configuration method to complete the setup. It is
recommended that you use the Express configuration method. This gets you up
and running quickest using intelligent defaults for many settings. You can
optionally choose the Launch method which prompts you to launch additional
consoles to complete the configuration process or the Import method, which
allows you to import a configuration saved in another IBM BladeCenter Start
Now Advisor session.
1. To log into the Advanced Management Module perform the following:
a. Enter the IP address of the Advanced Management Module into the Web
browser URL field.
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