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v User’s Guide that comes with your management module.
This document contains information for configuring your GbE switch
module using the management-module user interface.
v IBM BladeCenter Management Module Command Line Reference Guide
This document contains information for configuring your GbE switch
module using the management-module CLI.
In addition to reviewing these documents, make sure to review the Planning
and Installation Guide for your BladeCenter unit type for information to help
you prepare for system installation and configuration at
http://www.ibm.com/support/.
For BladeCenter units with four I/O-module bays, you must also install an
Ethernet-I/O card (also known as an Ethernet expansion card) in the blade
server to support the GbE switch module in I/O-module bays 3 or 4. For
information about the types of compatible I/O-expansion cards for the blade
servers, see the documentation for your BladeCenter unit.
Notices and statements used in this document
The caution and danger statements that appear in this document are also in
the multilingual Safety Information document, which is on the Documentation
CD that comes with your BladeCenter unit. Each statement is numbered for
reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety Information document.
The following types of notices and statements are used in this document:
v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
v Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you
avoid inconvenient or problem situations.
v Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or
data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in
which damage could occur.
v Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially
hazardous to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description
of a potentially hazardous procedure step or situation.
v Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
Chapter 1. Introducing the Gigabit Ethernet switch module 3