Document Outline

• Contents
• Safety
• Chapter 1. Introduction
  • About your documentation CD
    • System requirements
    • Starting the IBM Documentation Browser
    • Using the IBM Documentation Browser
    • Using the search feature
  • Related publications
  • Features and specifications
  • Notices and statements used in this book
  • What your BladeCenter unit offers
  • Reliability, availability, and serviceability
  • Major components of the BladeCenter Type 8677 unit
    • Front view
    • Rear view
• Chapter 2. Installing options
  • Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack
  • Installation guidelines
    • System reliability considerations
    • Handling static-sensitive devices
  • Installing and removing modules
    • The BladeCenter modules
      • Management module
      • I/O modules
      • Power modules
      • Blower modules
    • Installing a module
    • Removing a module
  • Installing and removing the acoustic module option
    • Installing the acoustic module option
    • Removing the acoustic module option
  • Installing and removing blade servers
    • Blade server expansion options
      • I/O expansion option
      • Storage-expansion option
    • Installing a blade server
    • Removing a blade server
  • Completing the installation
  • Input/output connectors
    • Video connector
    • Keyboard connector
    • Mouse connector
    • Remote management and console Ethernet connector
    • I/O-module connectors
• Chapter 3. BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators
  • Starting the BladeCenter unit
  • Shutting down the BladeCenter unit
  • BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs
    • Front view
    • Rear view
      • Rear system LED panel
      • Blower module
      • I/O module
      • Power module
      • Management module
    • System LED panel
• Chapter 4. Configuring your BladeCenter unit
  • Setting up the remote connection
    • Cabling the Ethernet port
    • Configuring the management module for remote access
    • Communicating with the IBM Director software
  • Configuring Wake on LAN in the BladeCenter unit
    • Verifying your Wake on LAN configuration
    • Linux-specific configuration
  • Using the management and configuration program
    • Starting the management and configuration program
    • Management and configuration program options
      • Configuring the external Ethernet port
      • Configuring the internal Ethernet port
      • Configuring the management port on I/O modules
    • Saving and restoring the configuration file
  • Using IBM Director
    • About the wizard
    • Starting the wizard
  • Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.1 or later
  • Configuring a switch module
    • What to configure
    • Supporting Ethernet failover
    • Configuring the Ethernet controllers in the blade servers
  • BladeCenter networking guidelines
• Chapter 5. Sharing resources among the blade servers
• Chapter 6. Solving problems
  • Diagnostic tools overview
  • Troubleshooting charts
    • Monitor problems
    • Power problems
    • Management module problems
    • Blower module problems
    • Options problems
  • Light path diagnostics feature
    • Identifying problems using the light path diagnostics feature
    • Light path diagnostics LEDs
• Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance
  • Before you call
  • Using the documentation
  • Getting help and information from the World Wide Web
  • Software service and support
  • Hardware service and support
• Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-07 11/2002
  • Part 1 - General Terms
  • Part 2 - Country-unique Terms
  • Part 3 - Warranty Information
• Appendix C. Notices
  • Edition notice
  • Trademarks
  • Important notes
  • Product recycling and disposal
  • Battery return program
  • Electronic emission notices
    • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement
    • Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement
    • Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
    • United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement
    • European Union EMC Directive conformance statement
    • Taiwanese Class A warning statement
    • Chinese Class A warning statement
    • Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement
  • Power cords
• Index