Bladecenter Unit Power Requirement; Bladecenter Power Configuration; Firmware Updates - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual
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v Monitoring the status of the BladeCenter unit and blade servers
v Controlling the BladeCenter unit and blade servers
v Accessing the I/O modules to configure them
v Changing the drive startup sequence in a blade server
v Setting the date and time
v Using a remote console for the blade servers
v Changing ownership of the keyboard, video, and mouse
v Changing ownership of the optical drive, and USB port. (The optical drive in the
Note: The IBM Director program is a system-management tool that comes with the
BladeCenter unit. To configure the remote alert recipients for IBM Director over
LAN, the remote alert recipient must be an IBM Director-enabled server.
You also can use the management and configuration programs to view some of the
blade server configuration settings. See the User's Guide or Command-Line
Interface Reference Guide for your management module type for more information.
BladeCenter unit power requirement
The power supply modules in the BladeCenter unit must be connected to 220 V ac
power only. The BladeCenter unit comes with two power cords to connect the
BladeCenter unit to the power distribution unit (PDU).
BladeCenter power configuration
The power modules in power bays 1 and 2 provide power to blade bays 1 through
6 and to common components in the BladeCenter unit. The power modules in
power bays 3 and 4 provide power to blade bays 7 through 14. Power modules
must always be present in power bays 1 and 2.
Attention:
Non-redundant power is not supported by the BladeCenter E unit. Power modules
must always be present in power bays 1 and 2. When any blade server or option is
in blade bay 7 through 14, power modules must be present in power bays 1 and 2,
and power modules must be present in power bays 3 and 4.
If a power module fails or an ac power failure occurs, a BladeCenter unit configured
for redundant power operation will operate in a nonredundant mode, and the blower
modules will run at full speed. You must replace the failing power module or restore
ac power as soon as possible to regain redundant power operation and to reset the
blower modules to their normal operating speed.
See the IBM BladeCenter Power Supply Modules option documentation and the
BladeCenter Type 8677 Installation and User's Guide for more information.
Firmware updates
The firmware for the management module and other BladeCenter components is
periodically updated and is available for download on the Web. Go to
http://www.ibm.com/support/ to get the latest level of firmware, such as BIOS code
and device drivers.
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BladeCenter E Type 8677 and 1881: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
BladeCenter unit is viewed as a USB device by the blade server operating
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