IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply - Default Chapter; Table of Contents

Contents
Safety ............................v
Chapter 1. Introduction ......................1
Locating and recording BladeCenter unit information ...........2
Features and specifications .....................3
The BladeCenter modules .....................5
Management modules......................5
I/O modules .........................6
Blade servers .........................7
Power modules ........................7
Blower modules ........................8
The IBM Documentation CD ....................8
Hardware and software requirements ................8
Using the Documentation Browser .................8
Related documentation ......................9
Notices and statements in this document ...............10
Major components of the BladeCenter E Type 8677 unit .........11
Chapter 2. BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators.......13
Supplying power to the BladeCenter unit ...............13
Disconnecting power from the BladeCenter unit .............13
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs .............14
Front view .........................14
Rear view ..........................16
Rear system LED panel ...................16
I/O module ........................16
Power module .......................17
Blower module .......................18
Management module.....................18
Chapter 3. Installing the BladeCenter unit and options .........19
Installation checklist .......................19
Installation guidelines ......................20
System reliability guidelines ...................20
Handling static-sensitive devices .................20
Installing and removing modules ..................21
Installing a module ......................21
Removing a module ......................23
Installing and removing a blade server ................24
Installing and removing the blower module...............24
Installing an optional acoustic attenuation module ............25
Removing an optional acoustic attenuation module ...........26
Completing the installation.....................26
Chapter 4. Configuration and networking guidelines ..........29
Configuring the BladeCenter unit ..................29
Configuring the management module................29
Configuring I/O modules ....................29
Configuring blade servers ....................29
BladeCenter networking guidelines .................30
Chapter 5. IBM Director .....................31
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