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Configuring the NovaScale Blade Server
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The service processor in your NovaScale Blade Server provides the following features:
• Continuous health monitoring and control
• Configurable notification and alerts
• Event logs that are timestamped, saved in nonvolatile memory, and can be attached to e-mail
alerts
• Remote graphics console redirection
• Point-to-point protocol (PPP) support
• Remote power control
• Remote firmware update and access to critical server settings
• Around-the-clock access to the NovaScale Blade Server, even if the server is turned off
At some time, you might have to flash the service processor to apply the latest firmware. Download
the latest firmware for your NovaScale Blade Server service processor from the Support Web site.
Use the management-module Web interface to flash the service processor. The Web interface is
described in the
NovaScale Blade Chassis Management Module: Installation and User’s Guide .
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers
Two Ethernet controllers are integrated on the NovaScale Blade Server system board. Each
controller provides a 1000-Mbps full-duplex interface for connecting to one of the Ethernet-
compatible switch modules in I/O module bays 1 and 2, which enables simultaneous transmission
and reception of data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN). Each Ethernet controller on the
system board is routed to a different switch module in I/O module bay 1 or bay 2. The routing from
Ethernet controller to I/O module bay will vary based on NovaScale Blade Server type and the
operating system that is installed. See “NovaScale Blade Server Ethernet controller enumeration” on
page 56 for information about how to determine the routing from Ethernet controller to I/O module
bay for your NovaScale Blade Server.
You do not have to set any jumpers or configure the controllers for the NovaScale Blade Server
operating system. However, you must install a device driver to enable the NovaScale Blade Server
operating system to address the Ethernet controllers. For device drivers and information about
configuring your Ethernet controllers, see the
Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet Software CD
that comes with your NovaScale Blade Server.
Your Ethernet controllers support failover, which provides automatic redundancy for your Ethernet
controllers. Without failover, you can have only one Ethernet controller from each server attached to
each virtual LAN or subnet. With failover, you can configure more than one Ethernet controller from
each server to attach to the same virtual LAN or subnet. Either one of the integrated Ethernet
controllers can be configured as the primary Ethernet controller. If you have configured the
controllers for failover and the primary link fails, the secondary controller takes over. When the
primary link is restored, the Ethernet traffic switches back to the primary Ethernet controller. (See
your operating system device driver documentation for information about configuring for failover.)
Important: To support failover on the NovaScale Blade Server Ethernet controllers, the Ethernet
switch modules in the NovaScale Blade Chassis unit must have identical configurations to each
other.