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Important: Do not place the label on the blade server or in any way block the
ventilation holes on the blade server.
If this is the initial installation of the blade server in the BladeCenter chassis, you
must configure the blade server through the Setup utility and install the blade
server operating system. See “Updating the blade server configuration” and
Chapter 5, “Installing the operating system,” on page 103 for details.
If you have changed the configuration of the blade server or if you are installing a
different blade server from the one that you removed, you must configure the
blade server through the Setup utility, and you might have to install the blade
server operating system. For more information, see the “Using the Setup utility” on
page 72.
Updating the blade server configuration
Use this information to update the blade server configuration.
When the blade server starts for the first time after you add or remove an internal
device, you might receive a message that the configuration has changed. The Setup
utility automatically starts so that you can save the new configuration settings. See
“Using the Setup utility” on page 72 for more information about the Setup utility.
Some devices have device drivers that you must install. See the documentation
that comes with each device for information about installing device drivers.
The blade server operates as a symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) server, regardless
of how many microprocessors are installed. For optimum performance, you must
upgrade the operating system to support SMP. See Chapter 5, “Installing the
operating system,” on page 103 and your operating-system documentation for
additional information.
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