Completing server setup

Learn how to set up your server.

Procedure

  1. Connect your server to a VGA terminal and keyboard or a console.
    Only the 1024x768 at 60 Hz VGA setting is supported. Only up to a 3 meter cable is supported.
  2. Go to Getting fixes and update the system firmware with the most recent level of firmware.
  3. You can receive important technical information and updates for specific IBM® Support tools and resources by subscribing to receive updates. To subscribe to receive updates, complete the following steps:
    1. Go to the IBM Support Portal.
    2. Log in by using your IBM ID and password and click Sign in.
    3. Click Support notifications.
    4. Click Browse for a product.
    5. Select Power > Firmware, find your machine type and model and click Subscribe.
    6. Exit the Browse for a product screen.
    7. Click Delivery preferences to set email preferences and click Submit.
    8. Click Edit to select the types of documentation updates that you want to receive and click Submit.
  4. You can install the Linux operating system on bare metal systems, or on non-virtualized systems. For these systems, the operating system runs directly on the Open Power Abstraction Layer (OPAL) firmware.
    For more information about installing the Linux operating system on bare-metal systems, see Installing Linux on bare-metal systems.