v Flat-head screwdriver
2. Ensure that you have one of the following consoles:
v Hardware Management Console (HMC): Ensure that your HMC is at version 8 release 8.4.0 or later.
v Graphic monitor with keyboard and mouse.
v Teletype (tty) monitor with keyboard.
Moving the server to the installation site
Move the stand-alone server to the installation site.
After you have unpacked your stand-alone server and have taken inventory, move the server to the
installation site.
Completing inventory for your stand-alone server
Use this information to complete inventory for your server.
To complete the inventory, complete the following steps:
1. Verify that you received all the boxes you ordered.
2. Unpack the server components as needed.
3. Complete a parts inventory before you install each server component by following these steps:
a. Locate the inventory list for your server.
b. Ensure that you received all the parts that you ordered.
Note: Your order information is included with your product. You can also obtain order
information from your marketing representative or the IBM Business Partner.
If you have incorrect, missing, or damaged parts, consult any of the following resources:
v Your IBM reseller.
v IBM Rochester manufacturing automated information line at 1-800-300-8751 (United States only).
v The Directory of worldwide contacts website http://www.ibm.com/planetwide. Select your
location to view the service and support contact information.
Cabling the server and setting up a console
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Determining which console to use
Your console, monitor, or interface choices are guided by whether you create logical partitions, which
operating system you install in your primary partition, and whether you install a Virtual I/O Server
(VIOS) in one of your logical partitions.
Go to the instructions for the applicable console, interface, or terminal in the following table.
Table 9. Available console types
Console type Operating system Logical partitions Cable required
Cabling setup
instructions
ASCII terminal AIX, Linux, or VIOS Yes for VIOS, no for
AIX and Linux
Serial cable equipped
with a null modem
“Cabling the server
with an ASCII
terminal” on page 12
Hardware
Management Console
(HMC)
AIX, IBM i, Linux, or
VIOS
Yes Ethernet (or
cross-over cable)
“Cabling the server
to the HMC” on page
13.
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