IBM CFFh Installation And User Manual

2/4 Port Ethernet Expansi on Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

Installation an d User's Guide

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2/4 Port Ethernet Expansi on Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter

Installation an d User's Guide

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Note: Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information in Appendix B, “Warranty,” on page 17

and Appendix C, “Notices,” on page 35.

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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v

Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1

Supported operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Option package contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3

Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Chapter 2. Installing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Installing the expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Installing device drivers and firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Device drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Replacing an expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Chapter 3. Solving problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Appendix A. Getting help and technical assistance . . . . . . . . . .15

Before you call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Using the documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Getting help and information from the World Wide Web . . . . . . . . . .15

Software service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Hardware service and support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

IBM Taiwan product service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Appendix B. Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

IBM Statement of Limited Warranty Z125-4753-09 08/2006 . . . . . . . .17

Part 1 - General Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Part 2 - Country-unique Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Part 3 - Warranty Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Appendix C. Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Product recycling and disposal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Battery return program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Electronic emission notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) statement . . . . . . . . .39

Industry Canada Class A emission compliance statement . . . . . . . .40

Avis de conformité à la réglementation d’Industrie Canada . . . . . . . .40

Australia and New Zealand Class A statement . . . . . . . . . . . .40

United Kingdom telecommunications safety requirement . . . . . . . . .40

European Union EMC Directive conformance statement . . . . . . . . .40

Taiwanese Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Chinese Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Japanese Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) statement . . .41

Korean Class A warning statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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Safety

Before installing this product, read the Safety Information.

Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações de Segurança.

Pred instalací tohoto produktu si prectete prírucku bezpecnostních instrukcí.

Læs sikkerhedsforskrifterne, før du installerer dette produkt.

Lees voordat u dit product installeert eerst de veiligheidsvoorschriften.

Ennen kuin asennat tämän tuotteen, lue turvaohjeet kohdasta Safety Information.

Avant d’installer ce produit, lisez les consignes de sécurité.

Vor der Installation dieses Produkts die Sicherheitshinweise lesen.

Prima di installare questo prodotto, leggere le Informazioni sulla Sicurezza.

Les sikkerhetsinformasjonen (Safety Information) før du installerer dette produktet.

Antes de instalar este produto, leia as Informações sobre Segurança.

Antes de instalar este producto, lea la información de seguridad.

Läs säkerhetsinformationen innan du installerar den här produkten.

Important:

Each caution and danger statement in this document is labeled with a number. This number is used to cross reference an English-language caution or danger statement with translated versions of the caution or danger statement in the IBM Safety Information document.

For example, if a caution statement is labeled “Statement 1,” translations for that caution statement are in the IBM Safety Information document under “Statement 1.”

Be sure to read all caution and danger statements in this document before you perform the procedures. Read any additional safety information that comes with the server or optional device before you install the device.

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Statement 1:

DANGER

Electrical

current from power, telephone, and communication cables is

hazardous.

To avoid a shock hazard: v Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation,

maintenance, or reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.

v Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical

outlet.

v Connect to properly wired outlets any equipment that will be attached to

this product.

v When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal

cables.

v Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or

structural damage.

v Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems,

networks, and modems before you open the device covers, unless instructed otherwise in the installation and configuration procedures.

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Statement 21:

CAUTION: Hazardous energy is present when the blade server is connected to the power source. Always replace the blade server-cover before installing the blade server.

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Chapter 1. Introduction

This Installation and User's Guide contains instructions for installing a 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM® BladeCenter® in an IBM BladeCenter blade server.

Notes:

1. The 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter is referred to throughout this document as the expansion card.

2. The two Broadcom BCM5709s communication modules are referred to throughout this document as the communication modules.

3. The communication module is part of the NetXtreme II family.

expansion card provides additional 1 Gb per second, full duplex, Ethernet links

The between a blade server and Ethernet switch modules in the BladeCenter I/O switch module bays. The expansion card interfaces to the blade server using the PCI Express bus. The expansion card functions as a 4-port card when it is installed into a BladeCenter H unit and a 2-port card when installed into a BladeCenter S unit.

For information about teaming and failover options for the expansion card blade server connections, see the Broadcom NetXtreme II Gigabit Ethernet Software CD. See “Device drivers” on page 9 for instructions for locating the CD on the IBM Support Web site.

This document provides the following information about the expansion card:

v Installation procedure v Procedures for determining and updating the firmware and device drivers v Troubleshooting information

expansion card comes with a one-year limited warranty. For information about

The your warranty, see Appendix B, “Warranty,” on page 17. You can obtain up-to-date information about the expansion card and other IBM server products at http://www.ibm.com/systems/x/.

This Installation and User's Guide and the most recent versions of other documents that provide detailed information about the BladeCenter unit, blade server, and available optional devices are provided in Portable Document Format (PDF) at http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.

For service or assistance, see Appendix A, “Getting help and technical assistance,” on page 15.

Features and specifications

The expansion card has the following features:

v Connection to 1000BASE-X environments using BladeCenter Ethernet switches v Compliance with U.S. and international safety and emissions standards v Full-duplex (FDX) capability, enabling simultaneous transmission and reception of

data on the Ethernet local area network (LAN)

v Failover support v Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) support v Support for direct memory access (DMA) v Support for bus mastering

The expansion card has the following specifications.

Table 1. Expansion-card specifications

Type Specification

Host data transfer PCI Express

NVRAM Two programmable, 4 Mb flash modules

Dimensions Approximately 15.9 cm x 12.5 cm (6.26 in. x 4.92 in.)

Operating power Approximately 6.5 watts

Communication module Two Broadcom BCM5709s communication modules

Supported operating systems

The following operating systems support the expansion card:

v Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server v Microsoft Windows 2003 Server v Microsoft Windows 2008 Server v Red Hat Advanced Server v SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) v Netware v Unixware

Option package contents

The expansion-card option package includes the following items:

v 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card

v Documentation CD

The IBM Documentation CD

The IBM Documentation CD contains documentation for the expansion card in Portable Document Format (PDF) and includes the IBM Documentation Browser to help you find information quickly.

Hardware and software requirements

The IBM Documentation CD requires the following minimum hardware and software:

v Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, or Red Hat Linux v 100 MHz microprocessor v 32 MB of RAM v Adobe® Acrobat Reader 3.0 (or later) or xpdf, which comes with Linux operating

systems

Using the Documentation Browser

Use the Documentation Browser to browse the contents of the CD, read brief descriptions of the documents, and view documents, using Adobe Acrobat Reader or xpdf. The Documentation Browser automatically detects the regional settings in your system and displays the documents in the language for that region (if available). If a document is not available in the language for that region, the English-language version is displayed.

Use one of the following procedures to start the Documentation Browser:

v If Autostart is enabled, insert the CD into the CD or DVD drive. The

Documentation Browser starts automatically.

v If Autostart is disabled or is not enabled for all users, use one of the following

procedures: – If you are using a Windows operating system, insert the CD into the CD or

DVD drive and click Start --> Run. In the Open field, type

e:\win32.bat

where e is the drive letter of the CD or DVD drive, and click OK.

– If you are using a Linux operating system, insert the CD into the CD or DVD

drive; then, run the following command from the /mnt/cdrom directory:

sh runlinux.sh

Select the expansion card from the Product menu. The Available Topics list displays all the documents for your expansion card. Some documents might be in folders. A plus sign (+) indicates each folder or document that has additional documents under it. Click the plus sign to display the additional documents.

When you select a document, a description of the document is displayed under Topic Description. To select more than one document, press and hold the Ctrl key while you select the documents. Click View Book to view the selected document or

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documents in Acrobat Reader or xpdf. If you selected more than one document, all the selected documents are opened in Acrobat Reader or xpdf.

To search all the documents, type a word or word string in the Search field and click Search . The documents in which the word or word string appears are listed in order of the most occurrences. Click a document to view it, and press Crtl+F to use the Acrobat search function, or press Alt+F to use the xpdf search function within the document.

Click Help for detailed information about using the Documentation Browser.

Notices and statements in this document

The caution and danger statements in this document are also in the multilingual

Safety Information document, which is on the IBM Support CD. Each caution and

danger statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in your language in the Safety Information document.

The following notices and statements are used in this document:

v Note: These notices provide important tips, guidance, or advice. v Important: These notices provide information or advice that might help you avoid

inconvenient or problem situations.

v Attention: These notices indicate possible damage to programs, devices, or

data. An attention notice is placed just before the instruction or situation in which damage might occur.

v Caution: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially hazardous

to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially hazardous procedure step or situation.

v Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or

extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or situation.

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Chapter 2. Installing an expansion card

This chapter provides instructions for installing an expansion card in your blade server or expansion unit. The following documents provide related information:

v The Installation and User's Guide for your blade server or expansion unit

provides server-specific expansion-card installation requirements.

v The Installation and User's Guide for your BladeCenter unit shows I/O-module

bay locations.

v The Installation and User's Guide for your I/O module has installation and

configuration instructions for the I/O module.

Installation guidelines

Before you install the expansion card, read the safety information and the guidelines in “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 7. This information will help you work safely.

Make sure that you are using the latest versions of device drivers and firmware for your blade server, management module, and I/O modules that are used by the expansion card. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ for the latest information about upgrading the device drivers and firmware for BladeCenter components. See the latest instructions in the documentation that comes with the updates.

Before you install an expansion card into a blade server or expansion unit, consider the following BladeCenter I/O-module information.

Table 2. Expansion-card connections to expansion-card ports

Expansion-card

BladeCenter Unit I/O module bays

BladeCenter H 7 (upper left

interconnect-module bay)

8 (upper right interconnect-module bay)

9 (lower left interconnect-module bay)

10 (lower right interconnect-module bay)

BladeCenter S 2 (lower left) 1 Module 1: port 1,

2 (lower left) 3 Module 1: port 2,

ports Module ports

1 Module 1: port 1,

MAC 1

2 Module 2: port 1,

MAC 3

3 Module 1: port 2,

MAC 2

4 Module 2: port 2,

MAC 4

MAC 1

MAC 2

Notes:

1. If a blade server with an expansion card is installed in a BladeCenter H unit, I/O module bays 7, 8, 9, and 10 must either contain an Ethernet switch module or be empty. Installing a second I/O module in the BladeCenter unit provides a backup I/O module in case one I/O module fails.

2. If a blade server with an expansion card is installed in a BladeCenter S unit, I/O module bay 2 must contain an Ethernet switch module or be empty.

The following diagrams show the Ethernet connectivity paths, port names, and MAC address assignments for BladeCenter chassis.

Figure 1. Expansion card in BladeCenter H unit

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Figure 2. Expansion card in BladeCenter S unit

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses

Media Access Control (MAC) addresses have been assigned and installed on the expansion card. Each port has two MAC addresses: the first address is the Ethernet address, and the second MAC address is for the iSCSI function. Port 1 of the first communication module is assigned the base MAC address. Port 2 of the first communication module receives the next MAC address assignment, followed by like assignments on the second communication module. The Ethernet MAC assignments for all ports are even-numbered addresses. The odd-numbered MAC addresses are iSCSI assignments.

Note: The iSCSI and RDMA offload functions of the communication module are not

supported for this release of the expansion card. Firmware updates for the iSCSI function of the expansion card might fail during a successful firmware-update operation.

Handling static-sensitive devices

Attention: Static electricity can damage the blade server and other electronic

devices. To avoid damage, keep static-sensitive devices in their static-protective packages until you are ready to install them.

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