Bull Escala EL260B, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Chapter 5. Installing the operating system
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Chapter 5. Installing the operating system
Before you install the operating system on the blade server, verify that the blade server is
installed in the Bull Blade Chassis, the management-module firmware is at the latest
available level, and the blade server is turned on.
If you are not using an unattended network-installation method to install your operating
system, you must first provide a Serial over LAN (SOL) connection to the blade server to
install your operating system. If you have not already done so, configure the SOL feature
on the blade server to establish a SOL connection, enable the SOL feature, and start an
SOL session. For information about SOL commands, see the documentation for your
operating system.
Important:
• If you plan to install the operating system through the Ethernet network, you must install
and configure a second Ethernet switch module into the applicable I/O-module bay of
the Bull Blade Chassis. For additional information, see:
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Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controllers on page 45.
− Blade server Ethernet controller enumeration on page 46.
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The documentation that comes with the Ethernet switch module that you are using.
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After you install the operating system on the blade server, you must install any service
packs or update packages that come with the operating system. For additional
information, see the instructions that come with your operating-system documentation
and the service packs or update packages.
• The blade server has no external USB ports, but communicates with and uses the
removable-media drives and USB ports that are in the media tray of the Bull Blade
Chassis.
• The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support for the blade
server to recognize and use the removable-media drives in the Bull Blade Chassis. The
Bull Blade Chassis uses USB for internal communication with these devices.
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For the Escala EL260B blade server, if you plan to install an Ethernet expansion card,
first install the operating system to enable the onboard ports to be recognized and
configured before the ports on the expansion card. If you install the Ethernet expansion
card before you install the operating system, the expansion card ports will be assigned
before the onboard ports.
5.1 Locating the installation instructions
You can order the Escala EL260B blade server with either Virtual I/O Server (Virtual I/O
Server) or AIX already installed. If you did not, you can install AIX, Linux, or Virtual I/O
Server as a native operating system. After installing Virtual I/O Server, you can install AIX,
or Linux as a client operating system in a logical partition (LPAR).
After you configure the blade server hardware, go to the operating-system documentation
for the latest operating-system installation instructions. See the following operating system
descriptions for more information: