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Chapter 1. Introduction
The IBM BladeCenter HS23 Types 7875 and 1929 blade server is compatible with
IBM BladeCenter
®
units. This high density, high performance, single-wide blade
server is ideally suited for medium and large businesses. The IBM BladeCenter
HS23 blade server supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors and
has sixteen memory-module slots, two hot-swappable storage-device bays, one
Horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card connector, one
Vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) connector, and one internal USB connector.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to all
BladeCenter unit types.
This Installation and User's Guide provides information about:
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Setting up the blade server
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Starting and configuring the blade server
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Installing hardware options
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Installing the operating system
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Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade server
Packaged with this document are software CDs that help you to configure
hardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system.
To download the latest device drivers, go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/
.
The blade server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms
of the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the
Warranty Information
document for your blade server. You can obtain up-to-date information about the
blade server at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/ .
If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them
from the IBM website. The blade server might have features that are not described
in the documentation that comes with the blade server, and the documentation
might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or
technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not
included in the blade server documentation.
To check for updates, go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/ .
You can subscribe to information updates specific to your blade server at
http://www.ibm.com/support/mysupport/ .
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from the hardware.
The following illustration shows an IBM BladeCenter HS23 blade server.
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