IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839, Setup Manual

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Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Hardware and firmware requirements . . . . . . 2
Hardware requirements. . . . . . . . . . 2
Firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . 3
Checking firmware versions . . . . . . . . 4
Starting the BladeCenter management-module Web
interface .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Chapter 2. General configuration . . . . 7
Configuring the global SOL settings for the
BladeCenter unit .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Configuring the management module . . . . . . 9
Installing and configuring SSH for SOL . . . . . 11
Enabling SOL for blade servers . . . . . . . . 12
Updating and configuring the blade server BIOS . . 13
Chapter 3. Operating system
configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Linux configuration . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1 configuration . 15
SUSE SLES 8.0 configuration . . . . . . . 19
Installing the Ethernet controller device driver for
Linux operating systems .
. . . . . . . . 21
Microsoft Windows 2003 Standard Edition
configuration .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 4. Special component
requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the BladeCenter HS22 Type 7870 blade
server .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Configuring the BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832 and
HS20 Type 8843 blade servers .
. . . . . . . 27
HS20 Type 8832 SOL jumper placement . . . . 28
Updating the integrated systems management
processor firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . 28
Updating the Broadcom Ethernet controller
firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring the BladeCenter HS40 Type 8839 blade
server .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating the Baseboard Management Controller
firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Updating and configuring the BIOS . . . . . 30
Configuring the BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 blade
server .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Updating the open firmware (BIOS) . . . . . 31
Updating the integrated systems management
processor firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . 31
Updating the Broadcom Ethernet controller
firmware .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring the IBM 4-Port Gb Ethernet Switch
Module for BladeCenter .
. . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring the Nortel Networks Layer 2-7 GbE
Switch Module for IBM BladeCenter .
. . . . . 33
Configuring the Cisco Systems Intelligent Gigabit
Ethernet Switch Module for the IBM BladeCenter
. 34
Connecting an Intelligent Copper Pass-thru Module 35
Chapter 5. Using SOL . . . . . . . . 37
Starting an SOL session . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starting a command-line Telnet connection . . . 38
Establishing a serial connection . . . . . . . 38
Starting a command-line Secure Shell (SSH)
connection.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Starting an SOL session from the command-line
interface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Ending an SOL session . . . . . . . . . . 40
Monitoring SOL session status . . . . . . . . 41
Restarting a blade server through SOL . . . . . 43
Mounting and unmounting media for Linux
operating systems .
. . . . . . . . . . . 44
Chapter 6. Troubleshooting SOL. . . . 45
Management module indicates that blade server
does not support SOL .
. . . . . . . . . . 45
Blade server shows SOL status of Not Ready . . . 46
SOL session opens and drops . . . . . . . . 47
Trouble entering SOL commands or receiving
double prompts .
. . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Garbage characters in an SOL session. . . . . . 48
Appendix A. Getting help and technical
assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . 51
Getting help and information from the World Wide
Web .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Software service and support . . . . . . . . 52
Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . 52
IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . 52
Appendix B. Notices . . . . . . . . . 53
Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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