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Chapter 1. Introduction The IBM BladeCenter® HS12 Type 8014 or 8028 blade server is compatible with IBM BladeCenter units. This single-wide blade server is ideally suited for Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, branch office, and departmental workgroup locations. The IBM BladeCenter HS12 blade server supports one Intel® LGA-771 high-performance microprocessor and has six memory-module slots, two storage-device bays, one Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended (PCI-X) slot, a PCI-Express (PCI-E) connector, and a concurrent keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM) slot. This blade server supports two model types: v Type 8014 supports a fixed-storage device system and has a 1-year warranty v Type 8028 supports a hot-swap storage device system and has a 3-year warranty Note: Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to all BladeCenter unit types. This Installation and User's Guide provides information about: v Setting up the blade server v Starting and configuring the blade server v Installing hardware options v Installing the operating system v Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade server Packaged with this document are software CDs that help you to configure hardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system. To download the latest device drivers, complete the following steps. Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly from what is described in this document. 1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/. 2. Under Product support, click BladeCenter. 3. Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers. 4. Click BladeCenter HS12 to display the matrix of downloadable files for the blade server. The blade server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms of the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the Warranty and Support Information document for your blade server on the IBM Documentation CD. You can obtain up-to-date information about the blade server at http://www.ibm.com/ systems/bladecenter/. If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from the IBM Web site. The blade server might have features that are not described in the documentation that comes with the blade server, and the documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not included in the blade server documentation. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2010 1

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Chapter 1. Introduction
The IBM BladeCenter
®
HS12 Type 8014 or 8028 blade server is compatible with
IBM BladeCenter units. This single-wide blade server is ideally suited for Small
and Medium Enterprise (SME) applications, branch office, and departmental
workgroup locations. The IBM BladeCenter HS12 blade server supports one Intel
®
LGA-771 high-performance microprocessor and has six memory-module slots, two
storage-device bays, one Peripheral Component Interconnect eXtended (PCI-X) slot,
a PCI-Express (PCI-E) connector, and a concurrent keyboard/video/mouse (cKVM)
slot.
This blade server supports two model types:
v
Type 8014 supports a fixed-storage device system and has a 1-year warranty
v
Type 8028 supports a hot-swap storage device system and has a 3-year warranty
Note:
Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to all
BladeCenter unit types.
This
Installation and User’s Guide
provides information about:
v
Setting up the blade server
v
Starting and configuring the blade server
v
Installing hardware options
v
Installing the operating system
v
Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade server
Packaged with this document are software CDs that help you to configure
hardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system.
To download the latest device drivers, complete the following steps.
Note:
Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure
might vary slightly from what is described in this document.
1.
2.
Under
Product support
, click
BladeCenter
.
3.
Under
Popular links
, click
Software and device drivers
.
4.
Click
BladeCenter HS12
to display the matrix of downloadable files for the
blade server.
The blade server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms
of the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the
Warranty and Support
Information
document for your blade server on the IBM
Documentation
CD. You can
obtain up-to-date information about the blade server at http://www.ibm.com/
systems/bladecenter/.
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them
from the IBM Web site. The blade server might have features that are not described
in the documentation that comes with the blade server, and the documentation
might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or
technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not
included in the blade server documentation.
© Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2010
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