C H A P T E R 5 |
Setting Up Server Blades |
This chapter tells you how to power on a server blade and access its console. The chapter contains the following sections:
Note - Before you set up the server blade, you must build a PXE boot install environment. See Section 4.2.2, Configuring the PXE Boot Servers. |
Before you can use a Linux blade, you need to configure it temporarily to boot from the network. This is to enable it to perform the PXE boot process by which it first receives its operating system.
Type the following command at the System Controller's sc> prompt to cause the blade to boot from the network
where n is the number of the slot containing the blade.
When you are ready, power on a server blade and boot it by following the instructions below:
where n is the number of the slot containing the server blade.
2. Log into the console of the server blade to view (and/or participate in) the booting process.
Type the following at the sc> prompt to access the blade's console:
where n is the number of the slot containing the blade.
Note - Whenever you are at a blade console, type #. to return to the active System Controller. |
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