IBM HS22 User Guide - Page 15

Introduction, Product support, BladeCenter, Popular links, Software and device drivers - memory configuration

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Chapter 1. Introduction The IBM BladeCenter® HS22 Type 7870, 1936, and 1911 blade server is compatible with IBM BladeCenter units. This high density, high performance, single-wide blade server is ideally suited for medium and large businesses. The IBM BladeCenter HS22 blade server supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors and has twelve memory-module slots, two hot-swappable storage-device bays, one Horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card connector, one Vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) connector, and one internal USB connector. 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 HS22 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. 2011 1

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Chapter 1. Introduction
The IBM BladeCenter
®
HS22 Type 7870, 1936, and 1911 blade server is compatible
with IBM BladeCenter units. This high density, high performance, single-wide
blade server is ideally suited for medium and large businesses. The IBM
BladeCenter HS22 blade server supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon
microprocessors and has twelve memory-module slots, two hot-swappable
storage-device bays, one Horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card
connector, one Vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) connector, and one internal USB
connector.
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 HS22
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. 2011
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