v
IBM
ServerGuide
™
Setup
and
Installation
CD
The
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD
that
comes
with
your
blade
server
provides
programs
to
help
you
set
up
your
server
and
install
a
32-bit
Windows
operating
system.
The
ServerGuide
program
detects
installed
hardware
options
and
provides
the
correct
configuration
programs
and
device
drivers.
For
more
information
about
the
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD,
see
“Using
the
ServerGuide
Setup
and
Installation
CD”
on
page
46.
v
Impressive
performance
using
the
latest
microprocessor
technology
Your
blade
server
supports
up
to
two
Intel
Xeon
microprocessors.
The
blade
server
comes
with
at
least
one
microprocessor
installed;
you
can
install
an
additional
microprocessor
to
further
enhance
performance
and
symmetric
multiprocessing
(SMP)
capability.
v
Large
system
memory
The
memory
bus
in
your
blade
server
supports
up
to
8
GB
of
system
memory.
The
memory
controller
provides
support
for
up
to
four
industry-standard
2.5
V,
184-pin,
double-data-rate
(DDR),
PC2100,
registered
synchronous
dynamic
random-access
memory
(SDRAM)
with
error
correcting
code
(ECC)
DIMMs.
For
the
most
current
list
of
supported
DIMMs,
see
the
ServerProven
®
list
at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.
v
Light
path
diagnostics
The
light
path
diagnostics
feature
provides
light-emitting
diodes
(LEDs)
to
assist
in
isolating
problems
with
the
blade
server.
An
LED
on
the
blade
server
control
panel
is
lit
if
an
unusual
condition
or
a
problem
occurs.
If
this
happens,
you
can
look
at
the
LEDs
on
the
system
board
to
locate
the
source
of
the
problem.
v
Integrated
network
environment
support
Your
blade
server
comes
with
two
integrated
Gigabit
Ethernet
controllers.
Each
Ethernet
controller
has
an
interface
for
connecting
to
10/100/1000-Mbps
networks
through
an
Ethernet-compatible
switch
module
on
the
BladeCenter
unit.
The
blade
server
automatically
selects
between
10BASE-T
and
100/1000BASE-TX
environments.
Each
controller
provides
full-duplex
(FDX)
capability,
which
enables
simultaneous
transmission
and
reception
of
data
on
the
Ethernet
local
area
network
(LAN).
The
controllers
support
Wake
on
LAN
®
technology.
v
I/O
expansion
The
blade
server
comes
with
two
connectors
on
the
system
board
for
an
optional
I/O
expansion
card,
such
as
the
BladeCenter
Fibre
Channel
Expansion
Card,
for
adding
more
network
communication
capabilities
to
the
blade
server.
Reliability,
availability,
and
serviceability
features
Three
of
the
most
important
features
in
server
design
are
reliability,
availability,
and
serviceability
(RAS).
These
RAS
features
help
to
ensure
the
integrity
of
the
data
stored
on
the
blade
server;
that
the
blade
server
is
available
when
you
want
to
use
it;
and
that
should
a
failure
occur,
you
can
easily
diagnose
and
repair
the
failure
with
minimal
inconvenience.
The
blade
server
has
the
following
RAS
features:
v
Advanced
Configuration
and
Power
Interface
(ACPI)
v
Automatic
error
retry
or
recovery
v
Automatic
server
restart
v
Built-in
monitoring
for
temperature,
voltage,
hard
disk
drives,
and
flash
drives
v
Chipkill
memory
for
DIMMs
with
a
capacity
of
512
MB
or
greater
v
Customer-upgradeable
basic
input/output
system
(BIOS)
code
Chapter
1.
Introduction
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