IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module User manual

BladeCenter
Advanced Management Module
Installation Guide
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BladeCenter
Advanced Management Module
Installation Guide
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Note:
Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information
in Appendix B, “IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-09 08/2006,” on page 33
and Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 55.
Third Edition (February 2008)
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Contents
Safety ........................v
Chapter 1. Introduction ..................1
Related documentation ...................2
The IBM Documentation CD .................3
System requirements...................3
Using the Documentation Browser ..............3
Notices and statements in this document .............5
Chapter 2. External indicators, controls, and connectors ......7
Management-module indicators and controls ...........7
Management-module input and output connectors .........8
Chapter 3. Installing amanagement module ..........11
Installation guidelines ...................11
System reliability guidelines ................11
Handling static-sensitive devices ..............12
Hardware and software requirements.............12
Installing amanagement module ...............13
Removing amanagement module ...............15
Preparing for management-module redundancy ..........16
Management-module video settings ..............17
Cabling the KVM ....................17
Connecting the management module to the network ........18
Networked connection..................19
Direct client connection .................19
Serial connection ...................20
Connecting aremote console to the management module for the first time 21
Ethernet connection (Web interface) .............21
Ethernet connection (CLI) ................22
Serial connection (CLI) .................22
Removing the battery ...................23
Chapter 4. Configuring the management module .........25
Configuring remote access .................26
Communicating with the IBM Director software ..........26
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance ........29
Before you call .....................29
Using the documentation ..................29
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web .......30
Software service and support ................30
Hardware service and support ................30
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IBM Taiwan product service .................31
Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-09 08/2006 33
Part 1-General Terms...................33
Part 2-Country-unique Terms ................38
Part 3-Warranty Information ................50
Appendix C. Notices ...................55
Trademarks ......................56
Important notes .....................57
Product recycling and disposal ................57
Battery return program ..................59
Electronic emission notices .................61
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement .......61
Industry Canada Class Aemission compliance statement ......61
Australia and New Zealand Class Astatement .........62
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement ......62
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement ......62
Taiwanese Class Awarning statement ............63
Chinese Class Awarning statement .............63
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement 63
Index ........................65
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Safety
Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.
Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.
Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.
Lees voordat udit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.
Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety
Information.
Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.
Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.
Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza.
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Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette
produktet.
Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança.
Antes de instalar este producto, lea la información de seguridad.
Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.
All caution and danger statements in this documentation begin with anumber.
This number is used to cross reference an English caution or danger statement
with translated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety
Information book.
For example, if acaution statement begins with anumber 1, translations for
that caution statement appear in the IBM Safety Information book under
statement 1.
Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this documentation before
performing the instructions. Read any additional safety information that comes
with your server or optional device before you install the device.
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Statement 1:
DANGER
Electrical current from power, telephone, and communication cables is
hazardous.
To avoid ashock hazard:
vDo not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation,
maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical
storm.
vConnect all power cords to aproperly wired and grounded electrical
outlet.
vConnect to properly wired outlets any equipment that will be attached
to this product.
vWhen possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal
cables.
vNever turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or
structural damage.
vDisconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems,
networks, and modems before you open the device covers, unless
instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures.
vConnect and disconnect cables as described in the following table
when installing, moving, or opening covers on this product or attached
devices.
To Connect: To Disconnect:
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, attach all cables to devices.
3. Attach signal cables to connectors.
4. Attach power cords to outlet.
5. Turn device ON.
1. Turn everything OFF.
2. First, remove power cords from outlet.
3. Remove signal cables from connectors.
4. Remove all cables from devices.
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Statement 2:
CAUTION:
When replacing the lithium battery, use only IBM Part Number 33F8354 or
an equivalent type battery recommended by the manufacturer. If your
system has amodule containing alithium battery, replace it only with the
same module type made by the same manufacturer. The battery contains
lithium and can explode if not properly used, handled, or disposed of.
Do not:
vThrow or immerse into water
vHeat to more than 100°C (212°F)
vRepair or disassemble
Dispose of the battery as required by local ordinances or regulations.
Statement 8:
CAUTION:
Never remove the cover on apower supply or any part that has the
following label attached.
Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels are present inside any
component that has this label attached. There are no serviceable parts inside
these components. If you suspect aproblem with one of these parts, contact
aservice technician.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
This Installation Guide contains information about installing your IBM®
BladeCenter®Advanced Management Module. This Installation Guide provides
the following information:
vChapter 2, “External indicators, controls, and connectors,” on page 7
vChapter 3, “Installing amanagement module,” on page 11
vChapter 4, “Configuring the management module,” on page 25
The advanced management module is ahot-swap BladeCenter module that
you use to configure and manage all installed BladeCenter components. The
advanced management module provides system-management functions and
keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) multiplexing for all the blade servers in the
BladeCenter unit that support KVM. It controls aserial port for remote
connection; the external keyboard, mouse, and video connections for use by a
local console; and a10/100 Mbps Ethernet remote-management connection.
The advanced management module is referred to throughout this document as
the management module.
All BladeCenter units come with at least one management module. Some
BladeCenter units support management-module redundancy. Only one
management module can be active in each BladeCenter unit. If you install a
standby management module, it remains inactive until it is switched to act as
the active management module.
If two management modules are installed in aBladeCenter unit, both must
always have the same level of firmware and the same IP address. The
firmware must support redundant management-module function, to ensure
changeover of control from the active management module to the standby
management module. The latest level of management-module firmware is
available at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
The service processor in the management module communicates with the
service processor in each blade server to support features such as blade-server
power-on requests, error and event reporting, KVM requests, and requests to
use the BladeCenter shared media tray (removable-media drives and USB
connector).
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Record information about the management module in the following table.
Product name IBM BladeCenter Advanced Management Module
Serial number
Media access control
(MAC) address
The product name, serial number, and media access control (MAC) address are
located on the identification label on the side of the management module. The
MAC address and the default IP address are on aseparate label on the bottom
of the front of the management module.
Management module
Release handle
Default IP address,
media access control
(MAC) address label
Product name,
serial number,
media access control
(MAC) address label
You can obtain up-to-date information about your management module and
other IBM server products at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/.
Related documentation
In addition to this Installation Guide,the following documentation might be on
the Documentation CD that comes with your management module, in Portable
Document Format (PDF). Additional documents might also be included on the
Documentation CD. The most recent versions of all BladeCenter documentation
are at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
vSafety Information
This document contains translated caution and danger statements. Each
caution and danger statement that appears in the documentation has a
number that you can use to locate the corresponding statement in your
language in the Safety Information document.
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vIBM BladeCenter Management Module User’s Guide
This document provides general configuration information for the
management-module Web interface, including information about features,
how to configure your management module, and how to get help.
vIBM BladeCenter Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide
This document explains how to use the management-module command-line
interface (CLI) to directly access management functions as an alternative to
using the Web interface. The CLI also provides access to the text-console
command prompt on each blade server through aSerial over LAN (SOL)
connection.
vIBM BladeCenter Serial over LAN Setup Guide
This document describes how to update and configure BladeCenter
components for Serial over LAN (SOL) operation. The SOL connection
provides access to the text-console command prompt on each blade server
and enables the blade servers to be managed from aremote location.
In addition to the documentation in this library, be sure to review the IBM
BladeCenter Planning and Installation Guide for your BladeCenter unit for
information to help you prepare for system installation and configuration. This
document is available at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/.
The IBM Documentation CD
Your management module comes with an IBM BladeCenter Documentation CD,
which contains documentation for your system in PDF and includes the IBM
Documentation Browser to help you find information quickly.
System requirements
To run the CD, use asystem that has the following minimum hardware and
software:
vMicrosoft®Windows NT®4.0 (with Service Pack 3or later), Windows®2000,
SUSE LINUX, or Red Hat®Linux®.
v700 MHz Intel®microprocessor.
v32 MB RAM.
vAdobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux
operating systems. Acrobat Reader software is included on the CD, and you
can install it when you run the Documentation Browser.
Using the Documentation Browser
Use the Documentation Browser to browse the contents of the CD, read brief
descriptions of the documents, and view documents, using Adobe Acrobat
Reader or xpdf. The Documentation Browser automatically detects the regional
settings in use in your system and presents the information in the language for
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that region (if available). If atopic is not available in the language for that
region, the English-language version is displayed.
Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:
vIf Autostart is enabled, insert the CD into the drive. The Documentation
Browser starts automatically.
vIf Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users:
–If you are using aWindows operating system, insert the CD into the
drive, and click Start →Run.In the Open field, type
e:\win32.bat
where eis the drive letter of the drive, and click OK.
–If you are using aLinux operating system, insert the CD into the drive,
and run the following command from the /mnt/cdrom directory:
sh runlinux.sh
Select your computer from the Product menu. The Available Topics list
displays all the documents for your BladeCenter product. Some documents
might be in folders. Aplus sign (+) indicates each folder or document that has
additional topics under it. Click the plus sign to display the additional
documents.
When you select adocument, adescription of the document appears under
Topic Description.To select more than one document, press and hold the Ctrl
key while you select the documents. Click View Book to view the selected
document or documents in Acrobat Reader or xpdf. If you selected more than
one document, all the selected documents are opened in Acrobat Reader or
xpdf.
To search all the documents, type aword or word string in the Search field
and click Search.The documents in which the word or word string appears
are listed in order of the most occurrences. Click adocument to view it, and
press Ctrl+F to use the Acrobat search function or press Alt+F to use the xpdf
search function within the document.
Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser.
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Notices and statements 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 IBM BladeCenter
Unit Documentation CD. 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:
vNote: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice.
vImportant: These notices provide information or advice that might help you
avoid inconvenient or problem situations.
vAttention: 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.
vCaution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially
hazardous to you. Acaution statement is placed just before the description
of apotentially hazardous procedure step or situation.
vDanger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. Adanger statement is placed just before the
description of apotentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure, step, or
situation.
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Chapter 2. External indicators, controls, and connectors
This chapter describes the indicators, controls, and external connectors on the
management module.
Management-module indicators and controls
OK
TX/RX
LINK
Ethernet link LED
Ethernet activity LED
Power-on LED
Active LED
Management module
error LED
Reset
The following management-module LEDs provide status information about the
management module and remote-management connection.
vPower-on LED:When this green LED is lit, it indicates that the management
module has power.
vActive LED:When this green LED is lit, it indicates that the management
module is actively controlling the BladeCenter unit. Only one management
module actively controls the BladeCenter unit. If two management modules
are installed in the BladeCenter unit, this LED is lit on only one module.
vManagement module error LED:When this amber LED is lit, it indicates
that an error has been detected in the management module. When this LED
is lit, the BladeCenter unit system error LED is also lit.
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vEthernet Link LED:When this green LED is lit, there is an active connection
through the port to the network.
v
Ethernet activity LED:When this green LED is flashing, it indicates that
there is activity through the port over the network link.
vReset button:When you press this button the blowers operate at full speed
while the management module is initializing.
–Press and release the reset button to restart the management module.
–Press and hold the reset button for 8seconds to restore the management
module to factory default settings.
Management-module input and output connectors
The management module has aserial connector, avideo connector, aremote
management and console connector, and two USB connectors for keyboard and
mouse.
OK
TX/RX
LINK
Serial connector
Video
Remote management
and console (Ethernet)
Two USB ports for
mouse and keyboard
vSerial connector:Use this connection to configure and manage the
BladeCenter components over aserial line through the management-module
command-line interface (CLI). This connector provides local access to the
CLI and redirection to the Serial over LAN (SOL) interface of any blade
server. For example, you can connect anotebook computer to the serial
connector and aterminal emulator program to configure the IP addresses,
user accounts, and other management settings through the CLI user
interface. See the management-module Command-Line Interface Reference Guide
for more information.
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vVideo connector:Use this connector to connect acompatible SVGA or VGA
video monitor to the BladeCenter unit. See Table 1on page 17 for more
information about compliant video settings.
vRemote management and console (Ethernet) connector:Use this connector
for an Ethernet remote connection to anetwork-management station on the
network. See “Configuring remote access” on page 26 for more information
about remote configuration.
vTwo USB ports for mouse and keyboard:Use these two connectors for local
mouse and keyboard connectivity. Unlike aBladeCenter unit, which has USB
connectors on the media tray, the blade servers share the
management-module USB ports through the BladeCenter KVM interface.
The KVM interface has ownership of these ports.
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