This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a detailed technical guide for configuring and using the IBM BladeCenter® JS12 and IBM BladeCenter JS22 servers. These IBM Power Blade servers feature the latest IBM POWER6™ processor technology. This book teaches you how to set up the latest Power Blade servers to run AIX® , i, and Linux® operating systems in the IBM BladeCenter architecture.

This book will be useful for data center system architects; network, storage and facilities engineers; system administrators; and application architects that need a detailed system bring-up guide and integration guide for IBM Power Blade servers hosting virtualized operating system partitions. We include procedures for installation and configuration of Virtual Input/Output Server (VIOS), Integrated Virtualization Manager (IVM), IBM AIX Version 6.1, IBM i 6.1 (i5/OS® V6R1), Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and SUSE® Enterprise Linux.

Part 1. The IBM BladeCenter JS12 and JS22 servers

Chapter 1. General description

Chapter 2. Technical description of the hardware architecture

Part 2. System configuration and management

Chapter 3. System configuration using VIOS and IVM

Chapter 4. IBM AIX Installation

Chapter 5. IBM i 6.1 installation

Chapter 6. Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation

Chapter 7. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server installation

Chapter 8. Performing Live Partition Mobility

Chapter 9. JS12 and JS22 power management using EnergyScale technology

Appendix A. Consoles, SMS, and Open Firmware

Appendix B. Red Hat Enterprise Linux Kickstart

Appendix C. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server AutoYaST

Appendix D. Additional Linux installation configuration options

Appendix E. VIOS/IVM Command Help

Appendix F. Service and productivity tools for Linux