This IBM® Redbooks® publication provides a detailed technical guide for configuring and using the IBM BladeCenter® JS23 and IBM BladeCenter JS43 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 is useful for data center system architects; network, storage and facilities engineers; system administrators; and application architects that want a detailed system start-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 V6.1 (i5/OS® V6R1), Red Hat® Enterprise Linux, and SUSE® Enterprise Linux.

Part 1. The IBM BladeCenter JS23 and JS43 servers

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM BladeCenter

Chapter 2. General description

Chapter 3. Technical description of the hardware architecture

Part 2. System configuration and management

Chapter 4. System planning and configuration using VIOS with IVM

Chapter 5. Active Memory Sharing configuration using IVM

Chapter 6. IBM AIX V6.1 installation

Chapter 7. IBM i V6.1 installation

Chapter 8. Red Hat Enterprise V5.3 Linux installation

Chapter 9. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server V11 installation

Chapter 10. JS23 and JS43 power management using EnergyScale technology

Chapter 11. Performing Live Partition Mobility

Chapter 12. System maintenance and diagnostics

Part 3. Appendixes

Appendix A. Consoles, SMS, and Open Firmware

Appendix B. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server AutoYaST

Appendix C. Additional Linux installation configuration options

Appendix D. Service and productivity tools for Linux