Locating the installation instructions

You can order the PS703 or PS704 blade server with Virtual I/O Server, AIX®, or IBM® i already installed. If you did not, you can install AIX, Linux, or Virtual I/O Server as a native operating system. After installing Virtual I/O Server, you can install AIX, Linux, or IBM i operating system (formerly known as i5/OS™) as a client operating system in a logical partition (LPAR).

After you configure the blade server hardware, go to the operating-system documentation for the latest operating-system installation instructions. See the following operating system descriptions for more information:

Installing Virtual I/O Server
See the Installing section of the PowerVM Information Roadmap.

If you did not order your servers with the Virtual I/O Server software installed, you can use the Virtual I/O Server DVD in the product package to install Virtual I/O Server and set up a virtual environment that supports client operating systems in logical partitions. You can then install any of the supported operating systems as a client in an LPAR.

The order of installation of Virtual I/O Server and the operating systems is important. You can update the firmware first with the stand-alone Diagnostics CD, but you must install the Virtual I/O Server software before you install any other software. The Virtual I/O Server software creates the Integrated Virtual Manager administrator console and the first logical partition, which Virtual I/O Server and Integrated Virtual Manager occupy.

After you install Virtual I/O Server, you can use Integrated Virtual Manager and Micro-Partitioning® to create client partitions for client operating systems.
Installing Linux
You can install a Linux operating system by following the installation instructions in the IBM Systems Information Center.

The online Linux installation instructions are available in the Linux on BladeCenter JS22 topic in the IBM Systems Information Center.
Installing IBM i
You can install the IBM i operating system in a client partition of the Virtual I/O Server.

See the IBM i on a POWER Blade Read-me First document on the IBM website. Additional installation information and IBM i restrictions are described in i5/OS client partition considerations.

Also see the IBM System i Information Roadmap.
Installing AIX
You can install the AIX operating system by following the installation instructions in the IBM Systems Information Center.

See the online AIX Installation and migration topic for more information. You can find more information about AIX in the IBM System p Information Roadmap on the IBM website.
Note: After you install AIX from CD or DVD, using the keyboard and video interface, run the change console command and restart the blade server to switch the AIX console to an SOL connection. (The command does not affect the console that is used by partition firmware.) You can use the following commands:
```
chcons /dev/vty0           
shutdown -Fr
```

Notes:

Some optional devices have device drivers that you must install. See the documentation that comes with the devices for information about installing any required device drivers.
If your operating system does not have the required device drivers, contact your IBM marketing representative or authorized reseller, or see your operating-system documentation for additional information.
The IBM Remote Deployment Manager (RDM) program does not support the BladeCenter® PS703 or PS704 blade server. However, you can use the following programs for remote deployment:
- For AIX, Red Hat Linux, or SUSE Linux operating-system deployments, you can use Cluster Systems Management (CSM) from IBM. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/clusters/index.html.
- For AIX operating-system deployments, you can use Network Installation Manager (NIM) from IBM. See your AIX operating-system documentation for additional information.
- For SUSE Linux operating-system deployments, you can use the AutoYast utility program from Novell, Inc. Go to http://www.suse.com/~ug/.

After you install the operating system, install operating system updates; then, install any utilities that apply to your operating system.

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