Locating the installation instructions
You can order the JS23 blade server and JS43 blade server with either Virtual I/O
Server or AIX already installed. If you did not, you can install AIX, Linux, or
Virtual I/O Server as a native operating system. After installing Virtual I/O Server,
you can install AIX, Linux, or IBM i operating system (formerly known as i5/OS)
as a client operating system in a logical partition (LPAR).
After you configure the blade server hardware, go to the operating-system
documentation for the latest operating-system installation instructions. See the
following operating system descriptions for more information:
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Installing Virtual I/O Server
See the Installing section of the
If you did not order the JS23 blade server and JS43 blade server with the Virtual
I/O Server software installed, you can use the
Virtual I/O Server
DVD in the
product package to install Virtual I/O Server and set up a virtual environment
that supports client operating systems in logical partitions. You can then install
any of the supported operating systems as a client in an LPAR.
The order of installation of Virtual I/O Server and the operating systems is
important. You can update the firmware first with the stand-alone
Diagnostics
CD, but you must install the Virtual I/O Server software before you install any
other software. The Virtual I/O Server software creates the
Integrated Virtual
Manager
administrator console and the first logical partition, which Virtual I/O
Server and Integrated Virtual Manager occupy.
After you install Virtual I/O Server, you can use Integrated Virtual Manager and
Micro-Partitioning
™
to create client partitions for client operating systems.
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Installing Linux
You can install a Linux operating system by following the installation
instructions in the IBM Systems Information Center.
The online Linux installation instructions are available in the
topic in the IBM Systems Information Center.
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Installing IBM i
You can install the IBM i operating system in a client partition of the Virtual I/O
Server.
See the
IBM i on a POWER Blade Read-me First
document on the IBM Web site.
Additional installation information and IBM i restrictions are described in i5/OS
client partition considerations.
Also see the IBM System i Information Roadmap.
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Installing AIX
You can install the AIX operating system by following the installation
instructions in the IBM Systems Information Center.
See the online AIX Installation and migration topic for more information. You
can find more information about AIX in the IBM System p Information
Roadmap on the IBM Web site.
Note:
After you install AIX from CD or DVD, using the keyboard and video
interface, run the
change console
command and restart the blade server to
switch the AIX console to an SOL connection. (The command does not affect the
console that is used by partition firmware.) You can use the following
commands:
chcons /dev/vty0
shutdown -Fr
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