Plan to meet at least the minimal hardware and software requirements
for deploying blade servers, firmware, device drivers, and operating systems.
Hardware considerations for blade servers
You can order optional hardware for blade servers that will be
installed in a BladeCenter S system.
The optional hardware available depends on the blade server that you are installing.
Operating system considerations
Several operating systems are supported for each blade server that
can be installed in a BladeCenter S system.
Application considerations
Information about some of the applications that you can
deploy on blade servers are provided in IBM® redpieces,
redpapers, and blueprints.