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About this manual .......................vii
Important safety information ....................vii
Online support .........................viii
Support telephone numbers ....................viii
Chapter 1. General information...................1
The IBM Documentation CD ....................3
Hardware and software requirements ................3
Using the Documentation Browser .................3
Related publications .......................4
Notices and statements used in this book ...............5
Features and specifications.....................5
Major components of the BladeCenter Type 8677 and 1881 unit .......8
Front view ..........................9
Rear view..........................10
BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators.............11
Starting the BladeCenter unit...................11
Shutting down the BladeCenter unit ................12
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs ............13
Setting up the BladeCenter unit...................17
Connecting to the default IP address on a new BladeCenter .......19
Registering and profiling the BladeCenter products ..........19
Chapter 2. Configuring your BladeCenter unit ............21
BladeCenter unit power requirement .................22
BladeCenter power configuration ..................22
Firmware updates ........................22
Configuring the BladeCenter unit ..................23
Configuring the management module................23
Communicating with the IBM Director software ............23
Configuring I/O modules ....................24
Configuring blade servers ....................24
Using IBM Director .......................24
About the wizard .......................25
Starting the wizard ......................25
Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.1 or later .........26
BladeCenter networking guidelines .................26
Chapter 3. Diagnostics .....................29
Diagnostic tools overview .....................29
Identifying problems using the Light Path Diagnostics feature ........29
Chapter 4. Installing options ...................31
Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack................31
Installation guidelines ......................31
System reliability considerations .................32
Handling static-sensitive devices .................32
Installing and removing modules ..................33
The BladeCenter modules....................33
Installing a module ......................37
Removing a module ......................38
Installing and removing the acoustic module option ...........40
Installing the acoustic module option ................40
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