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Planning for configuration

During planning, you need to plan for the configuration of the advanced management module, I/O modules, blade servers, and storage.

  • Configuration tools
    Several tools are available to help you configure your BladeCenter S system.
  • Keyboard, video, and mouse
    The advanced management module provides a set of USB connectors for attaching a keyboard and mouse, and a video connector for attaching a monitor to the BladeCenter S chassis.
  • Planning for advanced management module configuration
    The BladeCenter S system comes with a single hot-swap advanced management module located in the management module bay. Plan for configuration by making decisions and gathering information for Ethernet interfaces, alerts, login profiles, network protocols, and security.
  • Ethernet switch module configuration planning
    One Ethernet switch module or copper pass-thru module is required in switch module bay 1 of your BladeCenter S chassis to enable communication between the blade servers and an external Ethernet network.
  • Planning for SAS connectivity module zoning
    Plan for the SAS connectivity module and the zoning of SAS connectivity module ports, which enables blade servers to access specific hard disk drives.
  • Planning for SAS RAID controller module
    The SAS RAID controller module is a SAS switch and a RAID controller packaged into a single module. It is designed to enable you to share the integrated storage among all blade servers in the BladeCenter S chassis and implement a RAID solution for that storage.
  • Replacing SAS connectivity modules with SAS RAID controller modules
    If you are currently using SAS connectivity modules and you want to replace them with SAS RAID controller modules, make sure that you back up your existing data before you install the SAS RAID controller modules.
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