BladeCenter JS23
BladeCenter JS43
Type 7778
Installation and
User's Guide
Welcome.
Thank you for buying an
IBM blade server. This blade
server takes advantage of IBM
Power Architecture technologies
and features superior performance,
availability, and scalability.
This
Installation
and User's
contains information for setting up,
configuring, and using
your blade server.
Additionally, a service information
label is attached to each BladeCenter
unit and blade server. This label
provides a graphical summary of
many of the installation and service
activities that are associated with
each device.
For more information about your
BladeCenter components and
features, view the publications
on the
IBM BladeCenter Documentation
CD or download the current publications
from the IBM Support Web site.
Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
Before installing the BladeCenter JS23 or JS43
Type 7778, you should have completed
the following procedures:
Installed and configured the rack according
to the documentation that came with the rack.
Installed and configured
into the rack. See the documentation provided
with the BladeCenter unit to install the unit
into the rack.
Supplied input power to the BladeCenter unit.
Make sure that the BladeCenter management
module and the Ethernet switch module firmware
support the Serial over LAN (SOL) feature.
See the
for more information.
Guide
Install the blade server in the BladeCenter unit.
See Chapter 3 for more information.
Establish an SOL session with the blade server. See the
Serial Over LAN Setup Guide
Install additional applications according to the
instructions provided with the applications.
the BladeCenter unit
Install options in the blade server:
Drives
Memory modules
I/O expansion card
See Chapter 3 for more information.
Serial Over LAN Setup Guide
for more information.
Install the operating system.
See Chapter 5 for more information.
The blade server is now
ready to use. Be sure to
register and profile your
blade server on the
IBM support web site.