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About this manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Important safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Support telephone numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Chapter 1. General information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1
Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Notices and statements used in this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8720 unit . . . . . .5
Features and specifications for the BladeCenter T Type 8730 unit . . . . . .7
Major components of the BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 unit . . . . . .9
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
BladeCenter T unit power, controls, and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Starting the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19
Shutting down the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Chapter 2. Configuring the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Setting up the remote connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Cabling the Ethernet port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Management and configuration program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Setting up the management and configuration program . . . . . . . . .26
Starting the management and configuration program . . . . . . . . . .27
Setting management and configuration program options . . . . . . . . .28
Saving and restoring the configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Configuring an I/O module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
What to configure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29
Supporting Ethernet failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Configuring the Ethernet controllers in the blade servers . . . . . . . .30
BladeCenter T networking guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
Using Remote Deployment Manager Version 4.11 Update 3 or later . . . . .33
Using IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Communicating with the IBM Director software . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Chapter 3. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Diagnostic tools overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Identifying problems using the Light Path Diagnostics feature . . . . . . . .35
Chapter 4. Setting up the BladeCenter T hardware . . . . . . . . . .37
Setting up the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Preparing for system power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
System reliability considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Preinstallation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Removing and installing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Removing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Installing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing and installing the bezel air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Removing and installing power modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Removing a power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Installing a power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Removing and installing the media tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
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