Configuring Blade Shelves in the Resource Pool

This section describes the configuration of provisionable blade shelves in the resource pool. Configuring provisionable blade shelves is done in three phases:

• Configuring the blade shelf system controller

• Configuring the blade shelf switch

• Configuring the blade server blades

The N1 Provisioning Server installation program automatically performs most of the configuration for each shelf based on a set of parameters that you provide. See the N1 Provisioning Server 3.0, Blades Edition, Installation Guide for details. The following sections describe the specific steps and commands that are issued by the automated shelf configuration tools of the installation program.

However, when you add shelves after the initial installation, you must perform the steps described in the following two sections manually for each added shelf and blade.