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Chapter 4 ’Servicing’ — Adding a Diskless Node to Your System
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Adding a Diskless Node to Your System
If you want to expand your system by adding diskless nodes, you first
need to purchase the physical nodes and to rack them. Once you have
done that, you need to configure them, and finally to declare them in the
system. This section explains how to perform these operations.
Configuring the BIOS of a Diskless Node
Once you have racked your new node, follow the procedures below to
configure it.
For a blade: Accessing the BIOS
Connecting to the ILO Interface
1. Launch Internet Explorer
2. Enter the IP address of the ILO interface of the blade center. For more
information, see
Section ’Connecting to the HP Monitoring Tools’
on page 186.
3. Enter the user name and the password indicated on the asset tag.
Figure 4-1. Connection to the ILO interface