IBM HS40 Server User Manual


 
might
need
to
upgrade
the
operating
system
to
support
SMP.
For
more
information,
see
IBM
Eserver
BladeCenter
HS40
Type
8839
Installation
and
User’s
Guide
and
your
operating-system
documentation.
Input/output
connectors
and
devices
The
input/output
connectors
that
are
available
to
your
blade
server
are
supplied
by
the
BladeCenter
unit.
See
the
documentation
that
comes
with
your
BladeCenter
unit
for
information
about
the
input/output
connectors.
The
blade
server
has
two
selection
buttons
on
the
control
panel:
the
CD/diskette/USB
select
button
and
the
keyboard/mouse/video
select
button.
See
“Controls
and
LEDs”
on
page
8
for
information
about
these
buttons
and
their
functions.
The
Ethernet
controllers
on
your
blade
server
communicate
with
the
network
through
the
Ethernet-compatible
switch
modules
on
the
BladeCenter
unit.
Network
signals
to
and
from
the
blade
server
or
any
I/O
expansion
cards
are
automatically
routed
to
a
same-network-interface
switch
module
through
circuitry
in
the
BladeCenter
unit.
68
BladeCenter
HS40
Type
8839:
Hardware
Maintenance
Manual
and
Troubleshooting
Guide