IBM 88861TU, Planning Manual

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Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 2
The IBM BladeCenter Documentation CD. . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 4
Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . 5
Components of the BladeCenter S system. . . . . 6
Front view of the BladeCenter S chassis . . . . 6
Rear view of the BladeCenter S chassis . . . . 13
Systems and storage management . . . . . . . 22
IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Storage Configuration Manager. . . . . . . 23
Chapter 2. Planning for the physical
environment . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Weight considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Floor space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Rack requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
IBM and non-IBM racks . . . . . . . . . 27
Noise considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power considerations . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power source requirements . . . . . . . . 29
Power consumption guidelines . . . . . . . 29
Power management policies . . . . . . . . 30
Power allocation guidelines . . . . . . . . 31
Power attachment diagrams . . . . . . . . 32
Cooling considerations . . . . . . . . . . 35
Air temperature and humidity . . . . . . . 35
Airflow considerations. . . . . . . . . . 36
Heat output . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Prevention of air recirculation . . . . . . . 36
Room cooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 3. Planning for deployment . . 39
Network topology . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Deployment of the BladeCenter S system . . . . 40
Hardware for the BladeCenter S system . . . . 40
Deployment tools . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Management connection . . . . . . . . . 43
Deployment of blade servers . . . . . . . . 44
Hardware considerations for blade servers . . . 44
Operating system considerations . . . . . . 45
Application considerations . . . . . . . . 46
Chapter 4. Planning for configuration 47
Configuration tools . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager . . . . . 47
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor . . . . . . 47
Storage Configuration Manager for the
BladeCenter S system .
. . . . . . . . . 48
Keyboard, video, and mouse . . . . . . . . 48
Planning for advanced management module
configuration .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Advanced management module general settings 49
Advanced management module user profile
settings .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Advanced management module alert settings . . 51
Advanced management module serial port
settings .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Advanced management module port assignments 51
Advanced management module network
interface settings.
. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced management module network
protocols settings
. . . . . . . . . . . 52
Advanced management module security settings 52
Ethernet switch module configuration planning . . 53
Planning for SAS connectivity module zoning . . . 54
User-defined configurations . . . . . . . . 55
Predefined configurations . . . . . . . . 56
Planning for SAS RAID controller module . . . . 66
Defining storage pools. . . . . . . . . . 66
Defining volumes . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Zone for SAS RAID controller modules . . . . 68
Replacing SAS connectivity modules with SAS
RAID controller modules .
. . . . . . . . . 68
Appendix A. Installation planning
worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Blade server and workstation blade installation
worksheet .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
BladeCenter S Types 7779 and 8886 installation
worksheet .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Rack installation worksheet . . . . . . . . . 87
Cabling worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Power worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Appendix B. Configuration planning
worksheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Advanced management module configuration
worksheet .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
SAS connectivity module configuration worksheet 101
SAS RAID controller module configuration
worksheet
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Appendix C. Parts listing . . . . . . 105
Front view parts listing . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rear view parts listing . . . . . . . . . . 106
Power cords - C14 power module . . . . . . 107
Power cords - C20 power module . . . . . . 109
Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . 115
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Industry Canada Class A emission compliance
statement .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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