IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839 Setup Manual

and technical assistance,” on page 51 and Appendix B, “Notices,” on page 53. Twelfth Edition (November 2009) © Copyright IBM Corporation 2009. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted b ...

Hardware and firmware requirements . . . . . . 2 Hardware requirements. . . . . . . . . . 2 Firmware requirements . . . . . . . . . . 3 Checking firmware versions . . . . . . . . 4 Starting the BladeCenter management-module Web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Chapter 2. General configuration . . ...

Serial over LAN (SOL) provides a means to manage servers remotely by using a command-line interface (CLI) over a Telnet or Secure Shell (SSH) connection. SOL is required to manage servers that do not have keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) support, such as the JS20 Type 8842 blade server. SOL provides console redirection for both BIOS and the ...

SOL sessions active (one for each of up to 8 blade servers) with 12 additional command-line interface sessions available for BladeCenter unit management. If security is a concern, you can use Secure Shell (SSH) sessions, or connections made through the serial management port that i ...

Ethernet 2 (eth2 or Planar Ethernet 2), of the blade server and install an Ethernet I/O module in I/O-module bay 1. Firmware requirements Make sure that you are using the latest versions of device drivers, firmware, and BIOS for your blade server, management module, and other BladeC ...

Complete the following steps to view the firmware levels that are installed in the BladeCenter components: 1. Start the BladeCenter management-module Web interface (see “Starting the BladeCenter management-module Web interface” on page 5). 2. In the navigation pane, click Monitors →Firmware VPD. The Firmware VPD choice identi ...