Preparing For Bladecenter Deployment; Deployment Tools - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Planning And Installation Manual
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Preparing for BladeCenter deployment
To configure your BladeCenter unit, you need to:
v Determine which deployment tools you are going to use
v Set up your deployment infrastructure
v Configure your BladeCenter unit:
This section provides information about the available deployment tools and setting
up your deployment infrastructure.
Deployment tools
Before you can begin using the BladeCenter unit, you must configure each of the
components (management modules, switch modules, and blade servers). You have
a variety of options available to configure these components. For example, you can
access the firmware that is embedded into each of the components to configure the
component using either of these options:
v Through a Web browser. To access the components through a Web browser,
v Through a Telnet interface. The Telnet interface provides a command line
Instructions for using the Web browser interface and Telnet are provided in the
BladeCenter Type 8677 Installation and User's Guide.
You can also configure BladeCenter unit components using these deployment tools:
v IBM Director 4.0. You can use IBM Director 4.0, which includes a configuration
v Remote Deployment Manager 3.1.01 (must include Patch 2 or above). RDM
– Configure the management module
– Set the chassis policies
– Configure the switch modules
point the browser to the IP address for the component. The Web browser you
use must meet the following requirements:
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– Support for Java
– Support for JavaScript
– Minimum screen resolution of 800x600 with 256 colors.
If you point to the management module, you will see the System Status menu
after logging in. From this menu, you can perform management module
configuration, switch module configuration, and blade server configuration. In
addition, you can point your browser to the IP address of the switch modules or
the blade server to configure those components directly.
interface through the Management module, external Ethernet connection (out of
band), or external Fibre Channel connection (in band). The command-line
interface includes a Help menu, port display and configuration, general switch
status and configuration, and Fibre Channel zoning capability.
wizard to guide you step-by-step through the various configuration options that
are available. In addition, IBM Director 4.0 enables you to constantly monitor
systems and handle alerts that occur in the case of hardware or software
outages. For additional information about using IBM Director with the deployment
of your BladeCenter unit, refer to IBM Eserver BladeCenter Systems
Management, which is available at http://www.ibm.com/redbooks.
provides an easy-to-use interface that allows you to quickly load your Windows
operating system images on one or more blade servers. For additional
information about using RDM with the deployment of your BladeCenter unit, refer
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Chapter 3. Deployment considerations
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