Introduction

The IBM® BladeCenter® HS22V Type 7871 and Type 1949 blade server is compatible with IBM BladeCenter units. This high density, high performance, single-wide blade server is ideally suited for medium and large businesses. The IBM BladeCenter HS22V blade server supports up to two multi-core Intel Xeon microprocessors and has eighteen memory-module slots, two SSD storage-drives bays, one Horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card connector, one Vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) connector, and one internal USB connector.

Note: Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit apply to all BladeCenter unit types.

This Installation and User's Guide provides information about:

Setting up the blade server
Starting and configuring the blade server
Installing hardware options
Installing the operating system
Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade server

Packaged with this document are software CDs that help you to configure hardware, install device drivers, and install the operating system.

To download the latest device drivers, complete the following steps.

Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. The actual procedure might vary slightly from what is described in this document.

Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
Under Product support, click BladeCenter.
Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers.
Click BladeCenter HS22V to display the matrix of downloadable files for the blade server.

The blade server comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms of the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the Warranty Information document for your blade server on the IBM Documentation CD. You can obtain up-to-date information about the blade server at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/.

If firmware and documentation updates are available, you can download them from the IBM Web site. The blade server might have features that are not described in the documentation that comes with the blade server, and the documentation might be updated occasionally to include information about those features, or technical updates might be available to provide additional information that is not included in the blade server documentation.

To check for updates, complete the following steps.

Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM Web site. Procedures for locating firmware and documentation might change from what is described in this document.

Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.
Under Product support, click BladeCenter.
Under Popular links, click Software and device drivers for firmware updates, or click Publications lookup for documentation updates.

You can subscribe to information updates specific to your blade server at http://www.ibm.com/support/mynotifications.

The model number and serial number are on the ID label that is behind the control panel door on the front of the blade server, and on a label on the side of the blade server that is visible when the blade server is not in the BladeCenter unit.

Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from the hardware.

The blade server (HS22V Type 7871 and 1949) is shown in the following illustration.

This graphic shows the HS22V blade server.

A set of blank labels for your blade server comes with the BladeCenter unit. When you install the blade server in the BladeCenter unit, write identifying information on a label and place the label on the BladeCenter unit bezel. See the documentation for your BladeCenter unit for recommended label placement.

Important: Do not place the label on the blade server itself or in any way block the ventilation holes on the blade server.