Before you can install operating systems, you have to configure the hardware in your environment. The quick start guides in this section help you through those tasks.
| Description | Link to document |
|---|---|
| Configuring Ethernet switches | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass-thru module | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch | |
| Configuring a virtual LAN (VLAN) on an Ethernet switch (using an IBM Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch or an IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch) | |
| Configuring a virtual Network Interface Controller (vNIC) (using an IBM Flex System Fabric EN4093 10Gb Scalable Switch and an IBM Flex System EN4054 4-port 10Gb Ethernet Adapter) | |
| Configuring Fibre Channel switches | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch | |
| Configuring Infiniband switches | |
| Configuring the IBM Flex System IB6131 Infiniband switch | |
| Configuring a compute node using the IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) | |
| Configuring an IBM X-Architecture compute node’s settings using IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) | |
| Improving the boot time for an X-Architecture compute node | |
| Configuring an IBM X-Architecture compute node’s settings for optimal boot times | |
| Configuring the IBM Fabric Manager server | |
| Setting up IBM Fabric Manager (IFM) | |