Blade Center - Assigning A CD

A blade center has a DVD drive that can be assigned to one of the individual blades. Once assigned to that blade, it can be assigned to any of the LPARs that reside on that s ecific blade. !his docu"ent goes over ho# to add it there. $. O en an %& #eb bro#ser #indo#, and connect to the blade center gui. %n our e'a" le, #e are connecting to (htt s)**bc+,,-..an(.

+. Log in as root. -. !his #ill bring you to a #indo# telling you infor"ation about auto"atic ti"ing out for the session.

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!a.e the defaults by clic.ing) Continue 4. 5ou #ill be brought to blade center gui.

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%n the left hand ane, clic. on (-( sign by (3onitor( to shrin. it. &' and) Blade !as.s

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6. 7elect) Blade !as.s 8 Re"ote Control 5ou #ill be brought to the re"ote control "enu.

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9. %n it, in the right hand ane, in the field) 3edia tray o#ner , select) The blade that you want to own the DVD player. %n our case it is, (Blade- - v"+,6,-:s++(. Clic.) Refresh ;. %n the u er, right hand corner, clic.)

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$,. 3a.e the DVD layer .no#n to the vio server by rereading the syste" configuration #hich no# has the DVD listing in it. cfg"gr !he DVD layer is no# assigned to that articular blade, and .no#n to it. /o#, #e need to assign it to one of the LPARs on the blade. $$. O en a #eb bro#ser 0%&1, and connect to the blade?s gui. %n our e'a" le, #e assigned the DVD layer to v"+,6,. 7o, #e are connecting to) htt s)**v"+,6,..an.iron"ountain.co"*

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$-. %n the left hand ane, clic. on) Vie#*3odify Physical Ada ters !he (Vie#*3odify Physical Ada ters( "enu #ill a ear.

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$4. %n the list in the right hand ane, loo. for an entry that says (@7B &nhanced Aost Controller(. !his is the DVD layer, and #ill "ost li.ely have a Bus %D of (6$-(. Clic. the bo' beside it to select it. Clic. on the button on the to of the "enu called) 3odify artition assign"ent !he (3odify Physical Ada ter Partition Assign"ent( "enu #ill a ear.

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$6. Bro" the (/e# artition( dro do#n "enu, choose) the LPAR to which you want the DVD player assigned.

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$9. Clic.) OC !he reDuest #ill rocess. 07ee screen belo#.1

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$;. &ventually, you #ill be returned to the (Vie#*3odify Physical Ada ters( "enu. %n it, you #ill no# see that the ada ter is assigned to the LPAR.

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$<. At this oint, you can log out of the gui by clic.ing on the Log out lin. in the to , right hand corner. $=. Log in to the LPAR to #hich you :ust assigned the DVD layer. Beco"e root) sudo su - root 0or1 su - root +,. Read in the ne# configuration) cfg"gr +$. At this oint, the DVD layer #ill be available to use.

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