Chapter
1.
Introduction
The
IBM
®
ERserver
BladeCenter
™
HS40
Type
8839
blade
server
is
based
on
the
IBM
Enterprise
X-Architecture
™
technologies
1
.
Your
HS40
blade
server
is
a
double-width
blade-model
server
and
can
be
installed
in
an
IBM
Eserver
BladeCenter
Type
8677
unit
or
IBM
Eserver
BladeCenter
T
Types
8720
and
8730
units.
Note:
Unless
otherwise
stated,
references
to
the
BladeCenter
unit
also
apply
to
the
BladeCenter
T
unit.
A
combination
of
single-width
HS20
blade
servers
and
double-width
HS40
blade
servers
can
be
installed
in
the
same
BladeCenter
unit.
These
high-performance
blade
servers
are
ideally
suited
for
networking
environments
that
require
superior
microprocessor
performance,
efficient
memory
management,
flexibility,
and
reliable
data
storage.
This
Installation
and
User’s
Guide
provides
information
for:
v
Setting
up
the
blade
server
v
Starting
and
configuring
the
blade
server
v
Installing
options
v
Installing
the
operating
system
v
Performing
basic
troubleshooting
of
the
blade
server
Packaged
with
the
Installation
and
User’s
Guide
are
software
CDs
that
help
you
to
configure
hardware,
install
device
drivers,
and
install
the
operating
system.
To
download
the
latest
device
drivers,
go
to
the
IBM
Support
Web
site
at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
The
blade
server
comes
with
a
limited
warranty.
For
information
about
your
warranty,
see
Appendix
B,
“IBM
Statement
of
Limited
Warranty
Z125-4753-07
11/2002,”
on
page
79.
You
can
obtain
up-to-date
information
about
your
BladeCenter
HS40
Type
8839
model
and
IBM
xSeries
®
server
products
at
http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/.
You
can
register
the
blade
servers
at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/register/.
Record
information
about
your
BladeCenter
HS40
blade
server
in
the
following
table.
Product
name
BladeCenter
HS40
Machine
type
8839
Model
number
_____________________________________________
Serial
number
_____________________________________________
1. Enterprise
X-Architecture
technology
takes
full
advantage
of
existing
IBM
technologies
to
build
powerful,
scalable,
and
reliable
Intel
processor-based
servers.
For
more
information
about
IBM
Enterprise
X-Architecture,
go
to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/eserver/xseries/xarchitecture/enterprise/index.html.
©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2004
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