Chapter 3.
Updating the I/O expansion card BIOS or firmware code and NVRAM code and installing device drivers
After you install the expansion card, be sure that the latest BIOS or firmware code and the nonvolatile random-access memory (NVRAM) code are installed; then, install the device drivers.
Note: For the latest information about supported operating systems, versions of device drivers, BIOS code, firmware code, utilities, and documentation, go to http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
Using the Remote Deployment Manager
You can use the Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) version 4.11
Update 2 or later program to install a supported operating systems on blade servers that support the RDM program.
Follow the instructions in the documentation that comes with the RDM program.
To check if your blade server supports RDM, purchase the RDM software, download the RDM user’s guide, and obtain the latest updates, go to: http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/xseries/systems_management/ sys_migration/rdm.html
Installing the expansion card device drivers
The latest device drivers, utilities, documentation, and installation instructions for the following supported operating systems are provided at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/: v Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 and Microsoft Windows 2003 v Red Hat Advanced Server v SUSE LINUX 8.0
Enterprise
For BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842, SUSE LINUX device drivers are obtained directly from Novell Corporation.
Other Linux ® from Red Hat, Inc.
AIX ® device drivers are device obtained drivers from IBM are as obtained part of an
AIX license.
Customize the configuration of the BladeCenter I/O expansion card: v If the I/O expansion card is installed in a BladeCenter HS20 or HS40 blade server, see
Chapter 4, “Using IBM Fast!UTIL,” on page 17.
v If the I/O expansion card is installed in a BladeCenter JS20 blade server, see
Chapter 5, “Using the IBM FAStT MSJ utility,” on page 23.
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