McDATA 8832 - Manual (Page 3)

IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide
Table of Contents
1 Introduction........................................................................................................................................ 6
1.1 Overview ................................................................................................................................... 6
1.2 BladeCenter Subsystems.......................................................................................................... 6
1.3 Notes ......................................................................................................................................... 7
1.3.1 Contributors....................................................................................................................... 7
Installation and Configuration ....................................................................................................................... 8
2 Preparatory Steps ............................................................................................................................. 8
2.1 Network Configuration............................................................................................................... 8
2.2 BladeCenter Management Module ........................................................................................... 9
2.3 Remote Control Hints and Tips ................................................................................................. 9
2.4 Embedded Fibre Channel Switches........................................................................................ 12
2.4.1 SAN Configuration........................................................................................................... 12
2.4.2 Disabling ports on the QLogic switch .............................................................................. 13
Blade Configuration and Installation ........................................................................................................... 16
3 Configuring the Blades for Remote Boot ........................................................................................ 16
3.1.1 Disabling IDE devices ..................................................................................................... 16
3.1.2 Check the Boot Order ..................................................................................................... 16
3.2 Configuring the Qlogic HBA .................................................................................................... 18
3.2.1 Acquiring HBA WWPNs (World Wide Port Names) ........................................................ 18
3.2.2 Configuring the path to the boot LUN.............................................................................. 19
3.2.3 Testing the path to the boot LUN .................................................................................... 21
3.3 Ethernet Port Numbering ........................................................................................................ 22
4 Installation Process for Red Hat Linux............................................................................................ 24
4.1 Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1/3.0 Installation ........................................................................ 24
4.2 Kickstart Information ............................................................................................................... 27
4.3 Multipath Red Hat Installation ................................................................................................. 27
4.4 Red Hat Linux AS Broadcom driver installation ...................................................................... 29
4.5 Issues related to Red Hat AS 2.1/3.0 and blades ................................................................... 30
4.6 Other Linux Distributions and Blades...................................................................................... 34
4.7 RDAC Installation and Configuration ...................................................................................... 35
4.8 Serial Over LAN (SOL) for Blades .......................................................................................... 35
4.8.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................... 35
4.8.2 Summary of Linux changes for SOL ............................................................................... 36
4.8.3 alt-sysrq........................................................................................................................... 37
4.9 Netdump.................................................................................................................................. 38
5 Install Process for Windows 2000 and 2003 Remote Boot............................................................. 40
5.1 Operating System Installation ................................................................................................. 40
5.2 Installing Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet device drivers............................................ 40
5.3 Broadcom Advanced Control Suite installation....................................................................... 41
5.4 List of limitations...................................................................................................................... 41
6 Remote Update of the Firmware on an HS20 or HS40 .................................................................. 42
6.1 BIOS and ISMP ....................................................................................................................... 42
6.2 BMC Update for the HS20 (8843) and LS20 .......................................................................... 42
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The BladeCenter Deployment Guide is intended as a personal productivity tool. It is not intended to be comprehensive and is provided for
guidance only, on an 'as is basis' without warranty of any kind. Please be aware that its contents have not been certified by IBM.
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