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Contents Safety v Safety statements vi Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Related documentation 3 The IBM Documentation CD 3 Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 4 Using the Documentation Browser 4 Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 5 Features and specifications 5 What your blade server offers 6 Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . 8 IBM Director 9 Major components of the blade server . . . . . 10 Chapter 2. Power, controls, and indicators 11 Blade server controls and LEDs 11 Turning on the blade server 13 Turning off the blade server 13 Blade server connectors 14 Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . 15 Installation guidelines 15 System reliability guidelines 15 Handling static-sensitive devices 16 Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit 16 Opening the blade server cover 17 Removing an optional expansion unit . . . . . 18 Installing a fixed-storage drive 19 Installing a hot-swap storage drive 20 Installing a memory module 21 Installing a concurrent KVM card 24 I/O expansion cards 25 Installing an I/O expansion card 26 Installing a high-speed expansion card . . . . 28 Installing an optional expansion unit 29 Completing the installation 30 Closing the blade server cover 31 Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit 31 Updating the blade server configuration . . . . 33 Input/output connectors and devices 33 Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 35 Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program . . 35 Configuration/Setup Utility menu 36 Using passwords 38 Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . 39 ServerGuide features 39 Setup and configuration overview 39 Typical operating-system installation . . . . . 40 Installing the operating system without using ServerGuide 40 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2008, 2010 Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . 41 Firmware updates 41 Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller. . . . 41 Configuring a SAS RAID array 42 Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program 43 Chapter 5. Installing the operating system 45 Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD to install the operating system 45 Using RDM to install the operating system . . . . 45 Downloading installation instructions . . . . . 46 Chapter 6. Solving problems . . . . . 47 Diagnostic tools overview 47 ServerGuide problems 49 Appendix. Getting help and technical assistance 51 Before you call 51 Using the documentation 52 Getting help and information from the World Wide Web 52 Software service and support 52 Hardware service and support 53 IBM Taiwan product service 53 Notices 55 Trademarks 55 Important notes 56 Particulate contamination 57 Documentation format 58 Electronic emission notices 58 Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement 58 Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement 58 Avis de conformité à la réglementation d'Industrie Canada 58 Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . 59 European Union EMC Directive conformance statement 59 Germany Class A statement 59 Taiwan Class A compliance statement . . . . 60 People's Republic of China Class A electronic emission statement 60 Japan VCCI Class A statement 61 Korea Communications Commission (KCC) statement 61 Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association (JEITA) statement. . . . 61 Index 63 iii

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Turning on the blade server
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Setup and configuration overview
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Typical operating-system installation
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Using RDM to install the operating system
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Downloading installation instructions
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Diagnostic tools overview
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ServerGuide problems
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Appendix. Getting help and technical
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Using the documentation
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Software service and support
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Hardware service and support
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Notices
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Trademarks
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Important notes
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Particulate contamination
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Documentation format
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Electronic emission notices
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Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
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Germany Class A statement
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People's Republic of China Class A electronic
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Japan VCCI Class A statement
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Japan Electronics and Information Technology
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