Contents
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Chapter 1. Product overview . . . . . . 1
Hardware and software requirements .
Using the Documentation Browser .
Notices and statements in this documentation .
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features .
Chapter 2. Power, controls, indicators,
and connectors . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Blade server control panel buttons and LEDs .
Turning off the blade server .
Chapter 3. Installing and removing
options
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System reliability guidelines .
Handling static-sensitive devices .
Removing the blade server from a BladeCenter unit 25
Removing the blade server cover .
Installing the expansion unit.
Removing and installing an I/O expansion card .
Removing a CIOv form-factor expansion card .
Installing a CIOv form-factor expansion card .
Removing a combination-form-factor expansion
card .
Installing a combination-form-factor expansion
card .
Installing and closing the blade server cover .
Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit
Input/output connectors and devices .
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 47
Verifying the system firmware levels .
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers .
Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration .
MAC addresses for host Ethernet adapters .
Chapter 5. Installing the operating
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Locating the installation instructions .
Installing service and productivity tools for Linux
on POWER
Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . 59
Appendix A. Getting help and technical
assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Getting help and information from the World
Wide Web .
Hardware service and support .
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . 65
Product recycling and disposal .
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement .
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
statement .
Avis de conformité à la réglementation
d’Industrie Canada .
Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
United Kingdom telecommunications safety
requirement .
European Union EMC Directive conformance
statement .
Taiwanese Class A warning statement
Chinese Class A warning statement .
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for
Interference (VCCI) statement .
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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