IBM 88861TU, Planning Manual

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Chapter 4. Planning for configuration
During planning, you need to plan for the configuration of the advanced
management module, I/O modules, blade servers, and storage.
Configuration tools
Several tools are available to help you configure your BladeCenter S system.
BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager
IBM BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager is designed to help administrators manage
change and growth by making it easy to configure I/O and network interconnects
for up to 100 BladeCenter chassis — up to 1400 blade servers.
Once installed in the advanced management module, IBM BladeCenter Open
Fabric Manager enables an administrator to pre-configure LAN and SAN
connections. The I/O connections are assigned automatically when you plug in a
blade server.
For more information about BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager, see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/hardware/openfabric/
openfabricmanager.html.
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor is a configuration tool that can help you quickly
configure components of the BladeCenter S chassis. It is delivered on a DVD-ROM
and is run from your local computer.
You can also download it from the BladeCenter Start Now Advisor downloads
Web site at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/supportsite.wss/
docdisplay?lndocid=MIGR-5076842&brandind=5000020.
BladeCenter Start Now Advisor provides end-to-end chassis configuration from
within a single application. It performs these tasks:
v
Guides you through the process of connecting your computer to the chassis,
either over a network or through a direct attachment to the Ethernet port on the
advanced management module.
v
Automatically discovers the supported chassis and check the inventory and
health of the chassis.
v
Guides you through the process of setting up the connectivity of the chassis
components.
v Automatically updates the firmware for selected chassis components, including
the advanced management module, I/O modules, blade servers, SAS
connectivity modules, SAS RAID controller modules, storage modules, and
Ethernet switch modules.
v
Enables you to change the administrative password for the
applicable components in your chassis.
v
Guides you through setting up the simplified RAID configuration for the
integrated shared store within the chassis and for the internal storage within a
blade server.
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