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RDM:
– Supports 32-bit legacy Windows Native Install and Windows Clone Install
– Supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Advanced Server) 3.0 32-bit installs via a white paper
– Supports Red Hat Enterprise Linux (Advanced Server) 3.0 64-bit installs via a white paper
– Updates BIOS, performs CMOS updates, and configures RAID controller
– Supports Windows Clone Install
– Supports SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 with RDM version 4.3
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ServerGuide™ and Scripting Toolkit support unattended installation of the legacy 32-bit
Windows network operating systems only (Windows 2000 and Windows 2003), but they do
not support the installation of 64-bit operating systems.
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Update Express:
– Supports 32-bit legacy mode only
Planning information
Customer responsibilities
LS21 and LS41 for BladeCenter blade and related options: This product is designated as
customer setup. Customer setup instructions are shipped with the product.
Integrated RAID-1 configuration
Manufacturing instructions (MI) publication enables you to set up a RAID-1 integrated mirroring
configuration. This instruction enables configuration via Odyssey (ibm.com). The MI is Integrated
Mirroring SAS HDD (40K7007). Integrated RAID-1 supported for LS41 models only. MPE must
be attached for RAID-1 support.
Configuration information: LS21 and LS41 for BladeCenter blades must be installed in a
BladeCenter.
BladeCenter 8677-3RU configuration
The BladeCenter contains 14 blade server bays supporting up to 14 hot-swap LS21 or LS41 for
BladeCenter blades. A control panel, located at the top left of the unit, contains the following
LEDs:
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Power good
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Blade location
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Over temperature
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Information
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General fault
Two bays at the top to the right of the control panel contain the standard DVD-ROM and 1.44 MB
diskette drives.
The rear housing contains:
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Two hot-swap, redundant blower assemblies in the center, mounted one on top of the other
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Two standard 2,000-watt power supply modules and module bays for two optional power
supply modules on each side of the blower assemblies
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One standard management module for KVM/Management
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Four hot-swap module bays on the left rear chassis, stacked in pairs, that support one or two
BladeCenter four-port Gigabit Ethernet Modules and one or two BladeCenter two-port Fibre
Channel Switch Modules
Processor upgrades
The system comes standard with one AMD Opteron processor. You can add an additional
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