Level: Introductory

Da Shuang He (hedas@cn.ibm.com), Software Engineer, IBM

06 May 2008

The IBM® BladeCenter® S chassis is the first IBM BladeCenter to integrate server and storage. In this article, learn how to install SUSE Linux® 10 on the blade's attached disk and then how to boot the blade server from the attached disk.

The IBM BladeCenter S is the newest BladeCenter designed for small and medium businesses. It is also the first BladeCenter to integrate the server and storage systems. This article shows you how to install SUSE Linux 10 on the BladeCenter S attached disks and then boot the blade from the operating system so the blade can work without a local disk. This makes it easier for users to implement high-availability systems and to migrate an application from one server to another just by remapping the disk from one blade to another blade.

Step 1. Check the storage and blade status

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