The IBM® BladeCenter® PS703 or PS704 blade
server is based on IBM Performance
Optimization with Enhanced RISC (POWER®)
Architecture technologies. These servers run in BladeCenter units to provide a high-density,
high-performance blade server environment using advanced processing
technology.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, references
to the BladeCenter unit
apply to BladeCenter E
(8677), BladeCenter H
(8852 and 7989), BladeCenter HT
(8740 and 8750), and BladeCenter S
(8886 and 7779) units.
The
Installation and User's Guide comes
with the blade server on the IBM
BladeCenter Documentation CD.
All of the following information is in the document and also in the
information center:
- Setting up the blade server
- Starting and configuring the blade server
- Installing optional hardware devices
- A reference to more information about installing supported operating
systems
- Performing basic troubleshooting of the blade server
Packaged with the hardcopy Installation
and User's Guide are software CDs that help you to configure hardware,
install device drivers, and install the operating system.
The blade server
comes with a limited warranty. For information about the terms of
the warranty and getting service and assistance, see the Warranty
and Support Information document for your blade server that is
on the IBM BladeCenter Documentation CD.
The blade server might have features that are
not described in the documentation that comes with the blade server.
Occasionally, the documentation might be updated to include information
about those features. Technical updates might also become available
to provide additional information that is not included in the original
blade server documentation. The most recent version of all BladeCenter
documentation is in the BladeCenter information center.
The online BladeCenter information center
is available in the IBM BladeCenter Information Center at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/bladectr/documentation/index.jsp.
