IBM BladeCenter Management Module User manual

BladeCenter Management Module
Installation Guide
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BladeCenter 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 Z125-4753-08 04/2004,” on page 35
and Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 59.
Fourth Edition (November 2004)
©Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004. All rights reserved.
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Contents
Safety ........................v
Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM Eserver BladeCenter Management
Module .......................1
Related documentation ...................2
About your documentation CD ................3
System requirements...................3
Using the Documentation Browser ..............3
Notices and statements used in this book .............5
Overview of the management module ..............6
Chapter 2. Installing and removing amanagement module......7
Installation guidelines ...................7
System reliability considerations ...............8
Handling static-sensitive devices...............8
Preparing for management module redundancy ..........9
Installing amanagement module ...............10
Removing amanagement module ...............14
Cabling the management modules...............15
Chapter 3. Management module LEDs and external ports ......17
Management module controls and indicators ...........17
Management module input/output connectors ..........19
Video connector ....................20
Keyboard connector ..................20
Mouse connector ...................20
Remote management and console Ethernet connector .......21
Chapter 4. Configuring the management module .........23
Setting up the remote connection ...............26
Cabling the Ethernet port.................26
Configuring the management module for remote access ......27
Communicating with the IBM Director software .........28
Using the management and configuration program .........29
Starting the management and configuration program .......29
Configuring the ports ..................30
Restoring asaved configuration file .............32
Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance ........33
Before you call .....................33
Using the documentation ..................33
Getting help and information from the World Wide Web .......34
Software service and support ................34
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Hardware service and support ................34
Appendix B. IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-08 04/2004 35
Part 1-General Terms...................35
Part 2-Country-unique Terms ................39
Part 3-Warranty Information ................54
Appendix C. Notices ...................59
Edition notice .....................60
Trademarks ......................60
Important notes .....................61
Product recycling and disposal ................62
Battery return program ..................62
Electronic emission notices .................63
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement .......63
Industry Canada Class Aemission compliance statement ......63
Australia and New Zealand Class Astatement .........64
United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement ......64
European Union EMC Directive conformance statement ......64
Taiwanese Class Awarning statement ............64
Chinese Class Awarning statement .............65
Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement 65
Index ........................67
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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.
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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.
Safety vii

Statement 5:
CAUTION:
The power control button on the device and the power switch on the power
supply do not turn off the electrical current supplied to the device. The
device also might have more than one power cord. To remove all electrical
current from the device, ensure that all power cords are disconnected from
the power source.
1 2
Statement 6:
CAUTION:
If you install astrain-relief bracket option over the end of the power cord
that is connected to the device, you must connect the other end of the power
cord to an easily accessible power source.
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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.
Safety ix

Statement 13:
DANGER
Overloading abranch circuit is potentially afire hazard and ashock
hazard under certain conditions. To avoid these hazards, ensure that your
system electrical requirements do not exceed branch circuit protection
requirements. Refer to the information that is provided with your device
for electrical specifications.
WARNING: Handling the cord on this product or cords associated with
accessories sold with this product, will expose you to lead, achemical known
to the State of California to cause cancer, and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. Wash hands after handling.
ADVERTENCIA: El contacto con el cable de este producto ocon cables de
accesorios que se venden junto con este producto, pueden exponerle al plomo,
un elemento químico que en el estado de California de los Estados Unidos está
considerado como un causante de cancer yde defectos congénitos, además de
otros riesgos reproductivos. Lávese las manos después de usar el producto.
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Chapter 1. Introducing the IBM Eserver BladeCenter
Management Module
This IBM
® Eserver ® BladeCenter ™ Management Module Installation Guide
contains information about:
vInstalling your management module
vConfiguring your management module
Notes:
1. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
2. The sample screens that appear in this document might differ slightly from
the screens displayed by your system. Screen content varies based on the
type of BladeCenter unit that you are using and the firmware versions and
options that are installed.
For installation details, see Chapter 2, “Installing and removing amanagement
module,” on page 7. For additional information, see the instructions in the
documentation for your BladeCenter
® unit type.
If your BladeCenter unit supports management module redundancy, your
management module is one of two management modules that can be installed
in the BladeCenter unit. See the documentation for your BladeCenter unit type
for information.
Note: Only one management module can be active; the second management
module, if present, provides redundancy.
You can obtain up-to-date information about your management module and
other IBM server products at http://www.ibm.com/eserver/xseries/
Record information about the management module in the following table.
Product name IBM BladeCenter Management Module
Serial number _________________________________________________
Media access
control (MAC)
address
_________________________________________________
The product name, machine type and serial number are located on the
identification label on the side of the BladeCenter Management Module. You
will need this information when you register your BladeCenter Management
Module with IBM. The media access control (MAC) address also is located on
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the identification label. See “Overview of the management module” on page 6
for an illustration that shows the location of the identification label.
Note: The MAC address is also located on aseparate label on the bottom front
of the management module.
The management module functions as aservice processor and a
keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) multiplexor for the multiple blade servers in a
BladeCenter unit. You configure the BladeCenter unit and modules through the
management module, configuring information such as the management
module and I/O module IP addresses. The management module provides the
following external connections: keyboard, mouse, and video for use by alocal
console, and one RJ-45 connector for a10/100 Mbps Ethernet remote
management connection.
The service processor in the management module communicates with the
service processor in each blade server for functions such as:
vBlade server power-on requests
vBlade server error and event reporting
vBlade server requests for keyboard, mouse, and video
vBlade server requests for diskette drive (some BladeCenter unit types),
optical drive, and USB port
The management module also communicates with the I/O modules, power
modules, blower modules, and blade servers in the BladeCenter unit to detect
their presence or absence and any error conditions, sending alerts when
required.
Related documentation
In addition to this Installation Guide,the following documentation might be on
the Documentation CD that comes with your BladeCenter management module.
Depending on your BladeCenter product, additional documents might also be
included on the Documentation CD. The most recent versions of all BladeCenter
documentation is at http://www.ibm.com/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.
vBladeCenter Management Module User’s Guide
This document provides general information about the management module
for your BladeCenter unit type, including information about features, how to
configure your BladeCenter Management Module, and how to get help.
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vEserver BladeCenter Management Module Command-Line Interface Reference
Guide
This document explains how to use the management module command-line
interface to directly access BladeCenter management functions as an
alternative to using the Web-based user interface. The command-line
interface also provides access to the text-console command prompt on each
blade server through aSerial over LAN (SOL) connection.
vIBM Eserver BladeCenter Serial over LAN Setup Guide
This document explains 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,
enabling 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 type for
information to help you prepare for system installation and configuration. This
document is available at http://www.ibm.com/pc/eserver/bladecenter.
About your documentation CD
Your BladeCenter 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 documentation 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.
v100 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 on your system and presents the information in the language
for that region (if available). If atopic is not available in the language for that
region, the English version is displayed.
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Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:
vIf Autostart is enabled, insert the documentation CD into your optical drive.
The Documentation Browser will start automatically.
vIf Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users:
–If you are using aWindows operating system, insert the documentation
CD into your optical drive; then, click Start --> Run.In the Open field,
type
e:\win32.bat
where eis the drive letter of your optical drive, and click OK.
–If you are using aLinux operating system, insert the documentation CD
into your optical 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 computer. 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 Crtl+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 used in this book
The caution and danger statements that appear in this book are also in the
multilingual Safety Information book, which is on the IBM BladeCenter
Documentation CD. Each statement is numbered for reference to the
corresponding statement in the Safety Information book.
The following types of notices and statements are used in this book:
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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Overview of the management module
The following illustration shows the management module.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your
hardware.
Management module
Release latch
Media access
control (MAC)
address label
Serial number/
media access
control (MAC)
address label
For information about the indicators and ports on the front of the management
module, see Chapter 3, “Management module LEDs and external ports,” on
page 17. For more information about the MAC address, see the BladeCenter
Management Module User’s Guide.
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Chapter 2. Installing and removing amanagement
module
The following illustration shows the management-module bay locations in a
typical BladeCenter unit.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, each module bay must
contain either amodule or afiller module; each blade bay must contain either
ablade or afiller blade.
Installation guidelines
Before you begin to install the management module in your BladeCenter unit,
read the following information:
vBecome familiar with the safety and handling guidelines specified under
“Safety” on page vand “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 8, and
read the safety statements in the BladeCenter unit option publications.
vThe orange color on components and labels in your BladeCenter unit
identifies hot-swap components. You can install or remove hot-swap
modules and, with some restrictions, hot-swap blade servers while the
BladeCenter unit is running. For complete details about installing or
removing amanagement module, see the detailed information in this
chapter.
vThe blue color on components and labels identifies touch points where you
can grip acomponent, move alatch, and so on. You do not have to
disconnect the BladeCenter unit from power to install or replace any of the
hot-swap modules on the rear of the BladeCenter unit. Shut down the
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operating system and turn off ahot-swap blade server on the front of the
BladeCenter unit before removing the blade server, but you do not have to
shut down the BladeCenter unit itself.
vFor alist of supported options for your BladeCenter unit, see
http://www.ibm.com/pc/compat/ on the World Wide Web.
System reliability considerations
Attention: To help ensure proper BladeCenter cooling and system reliability,
make sure that:
vEach of the module bays on the rear of the BladeCenter unit has either a
module or filler module installed.
vEach of the blade bays on the front of the BladeCenter unit has either a
blade server or filler blade installed.
vEach of the drive bays in ablade server storage expansion option has either
ahot-swap drive or afiller panel installed.
vAremoved hot-swap module, blade server, or drive is replaced within 1
minute of removal.
vCables for the option modules are routed according to the illustrations and
instructions in this document.
vAfailed blower is replaced as soon as possible, to restore cooling
redundancy.
Failure to replace ablade server or module with another blade server, module,
filler blade or filler module within one minute can affect performance in the
blade servers.
Handling static-sensitive devices
Attention: Static electricity can damage electronic devices and your
BladeCenter unit. To avoid damage, keep static-sensitive devices in their
static-protective packages until you are ready to install them.
To reduce the possibility of electrostatic discharge, observe the following
precautions:
vLimit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up
around you.
vHandle the device carefully, holding it by its edges or its frame.
vDo not touch solder joints, pins, or exposed printed circuitry.
vDo not leave the device where others can handle and damage it.
vWhile the device is still in its static-protective package, touch it to an
unpainted metal part of the BladeCenter chassis or any unpainted surface on
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