Bladecenter T Types 8720 and 8730: Planning and Installation Guide
BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 Planning and Installation Guide GA27-4339-02 BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 Planning and Installation Guide GA27-4339-02 Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 117. Third Edition (August 2006) © Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 2004, 2006. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights – Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp. Preface This guide is intended for anyone who plans for the physical installation and ® ® configuration of an IBM BladeCenter T unit. This book is organized as follows and should be used for these tasks: v Use Chapter 1, “Introducing the BladeCenter T units,” on page 1 to understand the overall purpose and usage of BladeCenter T units and blade servers. v Use Chapter 2, “BladeCenter T unit components,” on page 13 to learn about the physical components that make up a BladeCenter T unit. v Use Chapter 3, “Deployment considerations,” on page 39 to learn about network topology considerations and deployment considerations. v Use Chapter 4, “Installation considerations,” on page 51 and Appendix A, “Planning worksheets,” on page 89 to plan for the physical environment for installing BladeCenter T units. This includes space, power, cooling, and cabling requirements. The worksheets provide the basis for selecting the features and options for each blade server, where the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter T unit and a rack location for each BladeCenter T unit. v Use Chapter 5, “Configuration considerations,” on page 75 and Appendix B, “Configuration worksheets,” on page 101 to plan for the configuration of the: – Management module – I/O modules – Fibre Channel switch modules – Blade servers © Copyright IBM Corp.
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