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BladeCenter

Type

8677

Planning

and

Installation

Guide

GA27-4327-01

ERserver



BladeCenter

Type

8677

Planning

and

Installation

Guide

GA27-4327-01

ER s e r v e r



Note:

Before

using

this

information

and

the

product

it

supports,

read

the

general

information

in

Appendix

C,

“Notices,”

on

page

107.

Second

Edition

(August

2003)

©

Copyright

International

Business

Machines

Corporation

2003.

All

rights

reserved.

US

Government

Users

Restricted

Rights

–

Use,

duplication

or

disclosure

restricted

by

GSA

ADP

Schedule

Contract

with

IBM

Corp.

Preface

This

book

is

intended

for

anyone

who

plans

for

the

physical

installation

and

configuration

of

an

IBM

®

ERserver

BladeCenter

™

unit.

This

book

is

organized

as

follows

and

should

be

used

for

these

tasks:

v

Use

Chapter

1,

“Introducing

the

BladeCenter

unit,”

on

page

1

to

understand

the

overall

purpose

and

usage

of

BladeCenter

units

and

blade

servers.

v

Use

Chapter

2,

“BladeCenter

unit

components,”

on

page

9

to

learn

about

the

physical

components

that

make

up

a

BladeCenter

unit.

v

Use

Chapter

3,

“Deployment

considerations,”

on

page

21

to

learn

about

network

topology

considerations

and

deployment

considerations.

v

Use

Chapter

4,

“Installation

considerations,”

on

page

41

and

Appendix

A,

“Planning

worksheets,”

on

page

85

to

plan

for

the

physical

environment

for

installing

BladeCenter

units.

This

includes,

space,

power,

cooling

and

cabling.

The

worksheets

provide

the

basis

for

selecting

the

features

and

options

for

each

blade

server,

where

the

blade

server

is

installed

in

a

BladeCenter

unit

and

a

rack

location

for

each

BladeCenter

unit.

v

Use

Chapter

5,

“Configuration

considerations,”

on

page

73

and

Appendix

B,

“Configuration

Worksheets,”

on

page

95

to

plan

for

the

configuration

of

the:

–

management

module

–

Ethernet

switch

modules

–

Fibre

channel

switch

modules

–

Blade

servers.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2003

iii

iv

BladeCenter

Type

8677:

Planning

and

Installation

Guide

Contents

Preface

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Chapter

1.

Introducing

the

BladeCenter

unit

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Why

choose

the

BladeCenter

technology?

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What

the

BladeCenter

unit

offers

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BladeCenter

unit

features

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Why

blade

servers?

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Blade

server

benefits

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Deployment

scenarios

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Where

to

go

for

more

information

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BladeCenter

documentation

and

operating

system

installation

instructions

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Hardware

Documentation

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Redpapers

and

redpieces

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Operating

system

installation

instructions

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Web

sites

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Chapter

2.

BladeCenter

unit

components

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Chassis

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Front

view

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Rear

view

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Input/output

connectors

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Blade

servers

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Features

and

specifications

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Management

module

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Power

modules

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Blowers

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Acoustic

attenuation

option

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Switch

modules

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Ethernet

switch

module

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Standards

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Fibre

Channel

switch

module

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Chapter

3.

Deployment

considerations

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Network

topologies

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Integrated

infrastructure

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Single

BladeCenter

chassis

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Multiple

BladeCenter

chassis

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Linux

high

performance

cluster

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Cluster

VLAN

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Farms

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Small

server

farm-central

location-1

zone

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Large

server

farm-central

location-3

zones

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Small

server

farm-remote

locations-1

zone

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Preparing

for

BladeCenter

deployment

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Deployment

tools

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Deployment

infrastructure

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Setting

up

the

management

connection

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Deployment

Examples

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IBM

Director

and

DHCP

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IBM

Director

without

DHCP

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Web-based

interface

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Preparing

for

Blade

Server

deployment

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Hardware

considerations

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©

Copyright

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Corp.

2003

v

Firmware

considerations

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BIOS

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Operating

system

considerations

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Windows

2000

installation

considerations

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Linux

installation

considerations

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Red

Hat

Linux

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SuSE

8.0

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Device

driver

considerations

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Application

considerations

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Chapter

4.

Installation

considerations

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Physical

planning

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Dimensions

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Weight

considerations

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Floor

space

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Noise

considerations

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Rack

considerations

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IBM

NetBAY

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Moving

IBM

NetBAY

racks

safely

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Using

non-IBM

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Power

considerations

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Rack

requirements

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Power

distribution

units

(PDUs)

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Wall

and

floor

power

drop

requirements

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Keyboard,

video,

and

mouse

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Electrical

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Cooling

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Air

temperature

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humidity

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Air

flow

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Prevention

of

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recirculation

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cooling

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output

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connections

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Power

layout

example

1–

single

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units

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Power

layout

sample

2

–

two

BladeCenter

units

in

NetBAY

25

or

42U

racks

54

Power

layout

sample

3

–

three

BladeCenter

units

in

a

NetBAY

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or

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racks

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Power

layout

sample

4

–

four

BladeCenter

units

in

42U

racks

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Power

layout

sample

5

–

five

BladeCenter

units

in

42U

racks

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Power

layout

sample

6

–

six

BladeCenter

units

in

42U

racks

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Power

layout

sample

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–

four

BladeCenter

units

in

a

NetBAY

42

Enterprise

rack

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Power

layout

sample

8

–

five

BladeCenter

units

in

a

NetBAY

42U

standard

rack

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Power

layout

sample

9

–

five

BladeCenter

units

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NetBAY

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Enterprise

rack

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Power

layout

sample

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–

six

BladeCenter

units

in

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NetBAY

42

Enterprise

rack

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Physical

installation

time

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Chapter

5.

Configuration

considerations

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Management

module

configuration

planning

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General

settings

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Login

Profiles

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Ethernet

network

interfaces

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Alerts

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Planning

and

Installation

Guide

Network

protocols

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Security

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Ethernet

switch

module

configuration

planning

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Switch

settings

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Port

settings

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SNMP

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User

accounts

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TFTP

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Virtual

LANs

(VLANs)

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VLAN

example

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Multicasting

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Port

mirroring

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Spanning

tree

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Class

of

service

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Link

aggregation

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Link

aggregation

group

recommendations

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Link

aggregation

example

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Link

aggregation

control

protocol

recommendations

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Blade

server

configuration

planning

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Appendix

A.

Planning

worksheets

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Blade

Server

worksheet

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8677

BladeCenter

worksheet

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.88

Rack

worksheet

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.90

Cabling

worksheet

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Power

worksheet

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Appendix

B.

Configuration

Worksheets

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Management

module

configuration

worksheet

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Ethernet

switch

module

configuration

worksheet

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Blade

server

configuration

planning

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. 106

Appendix

C.

Notices

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. 107

Edition

notice

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. 107

Trademarks

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. 108

Important

notes

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. 108

Electronic

emission

notices

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Federal

Communications

Commission

(FCC)

statement

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Industry

Canada

Class

A

emission

compliance

statement

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Australia

and

New

Zealand

Class

A

statement

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.110

United

Kingdom

telecommunications

safety

requirement

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.110

European

Union

EMC

Directive

conformance

statement

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.110

Taiwanese

Class

A

warning

statement

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Japanese

Voluntary

Control

Council

for

Interference

(VCCI)

statement

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Power

cords

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Index

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and

Installation

Guide