IBM BladeCenter HX5, Инструкция по установке и эксплуатации

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Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . 4
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . 4
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . 5
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . 6
Features and specifications. . . . . . . . . . 6
What your blade server offers . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features. . 10
IBM Systems Director . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Major components of the blade server . . . . . 12
Working with a scalable blade complex . . . . . 13
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and
indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . 15
Blade server controls and LEDs. . . . . . . . 16
Scalability indicators . . . . . . . . . . 20
Blade server connectors - BladeCenter HX5 . . . 21
Blade server connectors - IBM MAX5 . . . . . 21
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . 22
Chapter 3. Installing optional devices 23
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . 23
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 23
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 24
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
chassis .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Removing the blade server cover . . . . . . . 25
Disassembling a scalable blade complex . . . . . 26
Removing the 2-node scalability card . . . . . . 28
Removing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability card . 29
Removing an IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing an expansion unit . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing an expansion unit . . . . . . . . 32
Installing a DIMM - IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . 33
Removing a DIMM - IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . 36
Installing an SSD expansion card . . . . . . . 37
Removing an SSD expansion card . . . . . . . 37
Installing a solid state drive . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing a solid state drive . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5 . . . . . 39
Removing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5 . . . . . 42
Installing a hypervisor key . . . . . . . . . 43
Removing a hypervisor key . . . . . . . . . 45
Installing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . . 46
Installing a CIOv expansion card . . . . . . 47
Installing a CFFh expansion card . . . . . . 48
Removing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . . 49
Removing a CFFh expansion card . . . . . . 49
Removing a CIOv expansion card . . . . . . 49
Installing a microprocessor and heat sink . . . . 50
Installing the 1-node speed burst card . . . . . 56
Removing the 1-node speed burst card . . . . . 57
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . 58
Assembling a scalable blade complex . . . . . 58
Installing an IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . 62
Installing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability card 66
Installing the blade server cover . . . . . . 67
Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter chassis 68
Updating the blade server configuration .
. . . 70
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server 71
Partitioning a scalable blade complex . . . . . . 72
Using the Setup utility. . . . . . . . . . . 72
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . 76
Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . . 77
Using the Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) . . . . 77
Updating the Universal Unique Identifier (UUID) 77
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data .
. . . . . 79
Using the LSI Logic Configuration Utility program 82
Updating firmware and device drivers . . . . . 82
Updating firmware for blade servers operating as
a single partition
. . . . . . . . . . . 83
Updating firmware for each blade server
independently
. . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Recovering from a UEFI update failure . . . . . 98
In-band manual recovery method . . . . . . 98
Out-of-band manual recovery method . . . . 99
In-band automated boot recovery method . . . 100
Out-of-band automated boot recovery method 101
Chapter 5. Installing the operating
system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD 103
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . 104
Typical operating-system installation . . . . 104
Installing the operating system without using
ServerGuide .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Using IBM ServerGuide Scripting Toolkit . . . . 105
Chapter 6. Accessing the IMM . . . . 107
Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB interface 107
Resolving conflicts with the IMM LAN over USB
interface .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Configuring the LAN over USB interface manually 108
Installing the LAN over USB Windows device
driver .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Installing the LAN over USB Linux device
driver .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chapter 7. Solving problems . . . . . 111
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . 111
ServerGuide problems . . . . . . . . . . 112
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