IBM 8038 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 1. IntroductionThe IBM BladeCenter HS23E Type 8038 and 8039 blade server is compatible withIBM BladeCenter ® units. This high density, high performance, single-wide bladeserver is ideally suited for medium and large businesses. The IBM BladeCenterHS23E blade server supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors andhas twelve memory-module slots, two hot-swappable storage-device bays, oneHorizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card connector, oneVertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) connector, and one internal USB connector.Note: Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to allBladeCenter unit types.This Installation and User's Guide provides information about:v Setting up the blade serverv Starting and configuring the blade serverv Installing hardware optionsv Installing the operating systemv Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade serverPackaged with this document are software CDs that help you to configurehardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system.To download the latest device drivers, go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.The blade server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the termsof the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the Warranty Informationdocument for your blade server. You can obtain up-to-date information about theblade server at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/ .If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download themfrom the IBM website. The blade server might have features that are not describedin the documentation that comes with the blade server, and the documentationmight be updated occasionally to include information about those features, ortechnical updates might be available to provide additional information that is notincluded in the blade server documentation.To check for updates, go to http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/ .You can subscribe to information updates specific to your blade server athttp://www.ibm.com/support/mynotifications/.Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from the hardware.The following illustration shows an IBM BladeCenter HS23E blade server.© Copyright IBM Corp. 2012, 2013 1