Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 4
Using the Documentation Browser
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 5
What your blade server offers . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability
features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Major components of the blade server . . . . . . 11
Working with a scalable blade complex
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and
indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . 15
Blade server controls and LEDs
Scalability indicators . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Blade server connectors - BladeCenter HX5 . . 20
Blade server connectors - IBM MAX5 . . . . 21
Input/output connectors and devices
Chapter 3. Installing optional
devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 23
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 23
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . 25
Disassembling a scalable blade complex . . . . . 26
Removing the 2-node scalability card . . . . . . 27
Removing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability
card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing an IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing an expansion unit . . . . . . . . . . 30
Removing an expansion unit . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing a DIMM - IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing a DIMM - IBM MAX5. . . . . . . . . 36
Installing an SSD expansion card . . . . . . . . 37
Removing an SSD expansion card . . . . . . . 38
Installing a solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing a solid state drive . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5 . . . . . . 40
Removing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5 . . . . . . 43
Installing a hypervisor key . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing a hypervisor key . . . . . . . . . . 46
Installing an I/O expansion card
Installing a CIOv expansion card . . . . . . 48
Installing a CFFh expansion card . . . . . . 49
Removing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . . . 50
Removing a CFFh expansion card . . . . . . 50
Removing a CIOv expansion card . . . . . . 51
Installing a microprocessor and heat sink . . . . . 51
Installing the 1-node speed burst card . . . . . . 57
Removing the 1-node speed burst card . . . . . 58
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . 59
Assembling a scalable blade complex . . . . 60
Installing an IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . . 63
Installing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability
card
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Installing the blade server cover. . . . . . . 69
Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter
chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Updating the blade server configuration . . . 71
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade
server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Partitioning a scalable blade complex . . . . . . 74
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . . 78
Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . . 78
Using the Advanced Settings Utility (ASU)
Updating the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . . 81
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Updating firmware and device drivers . . . . . . 84
Updating firmware for blade servers operating
as a single partition
Updating firmware for each blade server
independently. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Chapter 5. Installing the operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Typical operating-system installation. . . . . 106
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