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In addition to reviewing these documents, make sure to review the Planning
and Installation Guide for your BladeCenter unit type for information to help
you prepare for system installation and configuration.
To locate online BladeCenter documents, use the following procedures:
1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ .
2.
In the Learn section, click Online publications .
3.
From the Brand menu, select Servers .
4.
From the Family menu, select BladeCenter .
5.
Click Continue and locate the Planning and Installation Guide for your
BladeCenter unit type.
For BladeCenter units with 4 I/O-module bays, you must also install an
Ethernet-I/O card (also known as an Ethernet expansion card) in the blade
server to support the Gigabit Ethernet switch module in I/O-module bays 3 or
4. For information about the types of compatible I/O-expansion cards for the
blade servers, see the documentation that came with the BladeCenter unit.
Notices and statements used in this document
The caution and danger statements that appear in this document are also in
the multilingual Safety Information document, which is on the Documentation
CD. Each statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement
in the Safety Information document.
The following types of notices and statements are used in this document:
v
Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
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Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you
avoid inconvenient or problem situations.
v
Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in
which damage could occur.
v Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially
hazardous to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description
of a potentially hazardous procedure step or situation.
v
Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
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Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module: Installation Guide