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Contents Safety vii Chapter 1. Introduction 1 Related documentation 1 Notices and statements used in this document 2 Features and specifications 2 Support for local storage 3 Turning on the blade server 3 Turning off the blade server 4 Blade server controls and LEDs 6 System board LEDs 7 System board internal and expansion card connectors 8 Chapter 2. Configuring the blade server 9 Communicating with the blade server 9 Using the Advanced Management Module 9 Using the Web interface 10 Using the command-line interface 10 Using Serial over LAN 10 Using the serial interface 10 Using the SMS utility program 11 Starting SMS 11 Viewing FRU information 12 Adding FRU information 13 Updating the system and BMC firmware 15 Updating steps 16 Determining current blade server firmware levels 17 Updating the BMC firmware 18 Using the BMC update package 18 Using the Advanced Management Module 18 Installing the system firmware 20 The firmware update package 21 Using the package 21 Updating the system firmware automatically 22 Installing the firmware manually 22 Updating the system firmware images 23 Updating the optional expansion card firmware 23 Integrating the Gigabit Ethernet controller into the BladeCenter 23 Updating the Ethernet controller firmware 24 Using the update package 24 Firmware update steps 25 Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration 26 Chapter 3. Parts listing 27 Replaceable components 27 Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units 29 Installation guidelines 29 System reliability guidelines 30 Handling static-sensitive devices 30 Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit 31 Removing the blade server 31 Opening and removing the blade server cover 32 © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2008 iii

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Communicating
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Updating
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Determining
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Updating
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Updating
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Updating
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Updating
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Integrating
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Gigabit
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Updating
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Firmware
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Blade
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Chapter
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Parts
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Replaceable
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Chapter
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Installing
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removing
replaceable
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Installation
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System
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guidelines
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Handling
static-sensitive
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Removing
the
blade
server
from
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BladeCenter
unit
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Removing
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blade
server
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Opening
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removing
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blade
server
cover
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©
Copyright
IBM
Corp.
2006,
2008
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