Blade server and workstation blade installation worksheet
Use this worksheet to describe each blade server and workstation blade that you plan to install in the BladeCenter S system. Fill out one worksheet for each blade server that you will install.
- What applications will this server provide?
- Which operating system will the server use?
- What are the redundancy requirements for this server? Redundancy is handled at multiple levels:
- Blade server level - a mirror image blade server that resides in the same BladeCenter S chassis or in a different BladeCenter S chassis.
- BladeCenter S system level - a mirror image BladeCenter S system that resides in the same rack or in a different rack.
- Rack level - a set of BladeCenter S systems in a rack that mirrors a set of BladeCenter S systems in a different rack.
- What are the network connectivity requirements for this server, including physical connectivity for a redundant path?
- Record the name and purpose of this server.
- Record the operating system on the worksheet.
- Select an installation option for the operating system.
- Record the applications for this server.
- Chose the I/O module bay that this server uses to communicate with an Ethernet switch module; circle 1, 2, 3 , or 4.Note
- I/O module bays 3 and 4 require a SAS expansion card option in the blade server.
- I/O module bay 2 requires an expansion card option, such as the 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card
- Select Automatic through DHCP server or Static and record the IP address information. (The host name can be up to 63 characters.)
Workstation blade model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Workstation blade | 1 | Workstation blade with Intel™ Xeon processor | Base |
Video graphics adapter | 1 | ☐ NVIDIA Quadro | Base |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Base |
Memory slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional |
SATA internal hard disk drive | 1 | ☐ 60 GB | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with Intel™ Xeon processor | Base |
Memory slot 1 | 1 | ☐ 512 MB | Base |
Memory slots 2–6 | 5 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional |
cKVM feature | ☐ cKVM card | Optional | |
Internal hard disk drives | 2 | ☐ 15.8 GB Solid State | Optional |
I/O Expansion cards | 1 | ☐ Ethernet Note Make sure that the type of switch modules used in I/O bays 3 and 4 match the type of I/O expansion cards that you choose. | Optional |
PCI I/O Expansion Unit | 1 | PCI I/O Expansion Unit 3e | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with Intel™ Xeon processor | Base with either two 256 or 512 MB memories |
Second processor | 1 | Xeon DP | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 256 MB | Base |
Optional memory choices for slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Two 256 or 512 MB base memory |
EIDE hard disk drives | 1 or 2 | 40 GB ATA 100; 5400 RPM | Optional (not supported for NEBS environment) |
IDE Flash disk drive | 1 or 2 | ☐ 1 GB | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |
SCSI Storage Expansion option | 1 | Supports two additional hot-swapped SCSI hard disk drives | Optional |
SCSI hard disk drive | 1 or 2 | Optional | |
PCI I/O Expansion option | 1 | Supports two PCI-X adapters | Optional |
PCI-X adapter 1 | Optional | ||
PCI-X adapter 2 | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with Intel™ Xeon processor | Base |
Second processor | 1 | Xeon processor | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Base |
Optional memory choices slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional |
cKVM feature | ☐ cKVM card | Optional | |
Internal hard disk drive | 2 | ☐ 36 GB SAS | Optional |
Storage and I/O Expansion blade | 1 | ☐ PCI I/O Expansion | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with Intel™ Xeon processor | Base |
Second processor | 1 | Xeon processor | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Base |
Optional memory choices slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Optional Memory slots 5 and 6 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Optional memory choices slots 7 and 8 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
cKVM feature | ☐ cKVM card | Optional | |
Modular flash drive (USB compact flash) | 1 | ☐ 4 GB ☐ 8 GB | Optional |
Internal hard disk drive | 1 | ☐ 36 GB SAS | Optional |
Storage and I/O Expansion blade | 1 | ☐ PCI I/O Expansion | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
8844 blade server | 1 | Two single-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC® 970MP microprocessors (2.7 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.6 GHz in other BladeCenter units) or two dual-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC 970MP microprocessors (2.5 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.3 GHz in other BladeCenter units) | Base with two 1 GB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) standard with 2-core (two single-core processors); two 2 GB DIMMs with 4-core (two dual-core processors). |
Memory slots 1 and 3. Select a memory size. (Optional) | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional; Second pair of DIMMs must match speed of first pair of DIMMs, but can vary in size, type, technology, and physical design. |
Optional memory choices for slots 2 and 4 (Base) | 2 | ☐ 1 GB | Each DIMM in this pair must be the same size, speed, type, technology, and physical design. |
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive | 1 or 2 | 73.4 GB SAS 10 K RPM | Optional; Support for two internal small-form-factor SAS drives; Optional 146 GB SFF SAS drive available |
Networking expansion card options: SFF Gb Ethernet | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional; 1 GB Ethernet Dual Port Expansion Card, CFF/PCIX Combo 4 GB Fibre Channel/1GB E'Net Expansion Card, CFF/PCIE, (QLogic) Myricom Myrinet Cluster Expansion Card, LFF/PCIX (InfiniBand) 4X InfiniBand Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIE, (Cisco) |
SCSI storage expansion option | 1 | Supports two additional hot-swapped SCSI hard disk drives | Optional; QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter |
Fibre Channel storage expansion card options: CFFv controller | 1 | Supports two adapters | Optional; QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter 4 GB Fibre Channel Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIX (Emulex) |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
8844 blade server | 1 | Two single-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC® 970MP microprocessors (2.7 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.6 GHz in other BladeCenter units) or two dual-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC 970MP microprocessors (2.5 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.3 GHz in other BladeCenter units) | Base with two 1 GB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) standard with 2-core (two single-core processors); two 2 GB DIMMs with 4-core (two dual-core processors). |
Memory slots 1 and 3. Select a memory size. (Optional) | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional; Second pair of DIMMs must match speed of first pair of DIMMs, but can vary in size, type, technology, and physical design. |
Optional memory choices for slots 2 and 4 (Base) | 2 | ☐ 1 GB | Each DIMM in this pair must be the same size, speed, type, technology, and physical design. |
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive | 1 or 2 | 73.4 GB SAS 10 K RPM | Optional; Support for two internal small-form-factor SAS drives; Optional 146 GB SFF SAS drive available |
Networking expansion card options: SFF Gb Ethernet | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional; 1 GB Ethernet Dual Port Expansion Card, CFF/PCIX Combo 4 GB Fibre Channel/1GB E'Net Expansion Card, CFF/PCIE, (QLogic) Myricom Myrinet Cluster Expansion Card, LFF/PCIX (InfiniBand) 4X InfiniBand Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIE, (Cisco) |
SCSI storage expansion option | 1 | Supports two additional hot-swapped SCSI hard disk drives | Optional; QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter |
Fibre Channel storage expansion card options: CFFv controller | 1 | Supports two adapters | Optional; QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter 4 GB Fibre Channel Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIX (Emulex) |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
8844 blade server | 1 | Two single-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC® 970MP microprocessors (2.7 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.6 GHz in other BladeCenter units) or two dual-core, 64-bit, IBM PowerPC 970MP microprocessors (2.5 GHz in BladeCenter H unit, 2.3 GHz in other BladeCenter units) | Base with two 1 GB dual inline memory modules (DIMMs) standard with 2-core (two single-core processors); two 2 GB DIMMs with 4-core (two dual-core processors). |
Memory slots 1 and 3. Select a memory size. (Optional) | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional; Second pair of DIMMs must match speed of first pair of DIMMs, but can vary in size, type, technology, and physical design. |
Optional memory choices for slots 2 and 4 (Base) | 2 | ☐ 1 GB | Each DIMM in this pair must be the same size, speed, type, technology, and physical design. |
Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) hard disk drive | 1 or 2 | 73.4 GB SAS 10 K RPM | Optional; Support for two internal small-form-factor SAS drives; Optional 146 GB SFF SAS drive available |
Networking expansion card options: SFF Gb Ethernet | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional; 1 GB Ethernet Dual Port Expansion Card, CFF/PCIX Combo 4 GB Fibre Channel/1GB E'Net Expansion Card, CFF/PCIE, (QLogic) Myricom Myrinet Cluster Expansion Card, LFF/PCIX (InfiniBand) 4X InfiniBand Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIE, (Cisco) |
SCSI storage expansion option | 1 | Supports two additional hot-swapped SCSI hard disk drives | Optional; QLogic iSCSI Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter |
Fibre Channel storage expansion card options: CFFv controller | 1 | Supports two adapters | Optional; QLogic 4Gb SFF Fibre Channel Expansion Card for IBM eServer BladeCenter QLogic 4Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CFFv) for IBM BladeCenter 4 GB Fibre Channel Dual Port Expansion Card, SFF/PCIX (Emulex) |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with AMD Opteron processor | Base |
Second processor | 1 | AMD Opteron processor | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Base |
Optional memory choices slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB | Optional |
SCSI internal hard disk drive | 1 or 2 | ☐ 36 GB | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with AMD Opteron processor | Base |
Second processor | 1 | AMD Opteron processor | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Base |
Optional memory choices slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Memory slots 5 and 6 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Optional memory choices slots 7 and 8 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
cKVM feature | ☐ cKVM card | Optional | |
Internal hard disk drive | 1 | ☐ 36 GB SAS | Optional |
Storage and I/O Expansion blade | 1 | ☐ PCI I/O Expansion | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |
Blade server model: ________________ | Connects to I/O module | ||
BladeCenter S chassis blade bay location 1 2 3 4 5 6 | |||
Component | Quantity | Details | Base or optional feature |
Blade server | 1 | Blade server with AMD Opteron processor | Base |
Second processor | 1 | AMD Opteron processor | Optional |
Memory slots 1 and 2 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Base |
Optional memory choices slots 3 and 4 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Memory slots 5 and 6 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
Optional memory choices slots 7 and 8 | 2 | ☐ 512 MB ☐ 2 GB | Optional |
cKVM feature | ☐ cKVM card | Optional | |
Internal hard disk drive | 1 | ☐ 36 GB SAS | Optional |
Storage and I/O Expansion blade | 1 | ☐ Multiprocessor | Optional |
I/O Expansion option | 1 | ☐ Ethernet | Optional |