A

A

airflow

B

Blade Support Chip

upgrading firmware 3, 1

bonding interface

configuring on a B200x blade 13

booting a server blade 3

C

checking

date and time 4

information about a blade 10

operating conditions 7

status of hardware 5

Co-ordinated Universal Time 5

D

DHCP

configuring the DHCP server 6, 1

preparing the network environment for the system chassis 3

protocols used by PXE boot 3

disk partition 24

door panel preferences 5

E

environmental parameters 2

environmental specifications 2

F

failarp 20, 1

failctl 20, 1

failover

configuring VLAN interfaces for Linux blades 19

failover interface

examples 7, 1, 2

filler panel

firmware

upgrading 2, 1

flashupdate command 5, 1, 2

formula for heat dissipation 5

I

inlet and exhaust ventilation 5

IP addresses

and IPMP (IP Network Multipathing) 2

preparing the network 3

L

link aggregation 12

configuring for a switch 14

configuring on a B200x blade 13

Linux

installing from a PXE boot install 1

M

management network 1, 1, 2

N

network intefaces

example configuration 24

network interfaces

sample configurations 7

Network Topology 2

NFS

configuring the NFS server 11, 1

protocols used by PXE boot 3

O

optimizing the Linux kernel 1

P

password 17, 1

power

estimating power consumption 6

power consumption of individual components 6

power limits and ranges 6

Power Supply Units

checking the health of 8

powering on a server blade 3

preparing the network environment 3

PXE boot install

configuring servers 6, 1

configuring the servers 6, 1

from a Linux server 4

from a Solaris server 20

overview 2, 1, 2

relevant files 4, 1

R

Red Hat 14, 1

redundant network connections 2

removing server blades 3

S

sample network configuration 5

sampmle network configuration 25

server blades

adding to the management VLAN 17

checking information about blade 10

checking operating conditions 7

checking the date and time 4

checking the status of hardware 5

configuring to boot from the network 2

hardware setup overview 2

installing new blades 1

shutting down safely for removal 3

software setup overview 2

upgrading BSC firmware 8

showdate command 2, 1

showenvironment command 2, 1

showfru command 2, 1

showplatform command 2

showsc command 8, 1, 2

Solaris x86 installation 1

SSC

date and time on 5

Sun Fire B1600 blade system chassis

airflow requirements 5

environmental parameters 2

estimating heat dissipation 5

switches

both switches active all the time 2

taking advantage of having two 2

System Controller

upgrading firmware 3, 1

viewing details 3

T

TFTP

configuring the TFTP server 9, 1

installing firmware images onto TFTP server 3

protocols used by PXE boot 3

time setting on SSC 5

troubleshooting 1

U

upgrading System Controller firmware 8

upgrading the Linux kernel 2

V

VLAN interface

examples 8, 1

VLAN Tagging

server blades 3, 1

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