miscellaneous BCS questions

some BCS config questions ...

The Vess Natchev read-me first document mentions the "LSI SAS CFFv"
expansion adapter and that it is needed to use the SAS drives. Is
this the Nortel L2/L3 switch module?

Ethernet lan connection. The AMM is networked to my router. Are
there any other LAN cables to connect to the router? The only other
LAN ports on the back of the BCS are the external ports of the Nortel
switch ( whose purpose compared to the lower cost copper passthru
module is still unclear )

VIOS. When I power up the JS12 blade, about two screen fulls of Unix
style boot messages scroll by on the console monitor. Does this mean
VIOS is installed? I would assume so, but when I used PuTTY to open a
VIOS console I got a blank screen. I followed the steps in Natchev
document, section 5.2.2. env -T blade[1], then "console". After that
the screen stayed blank for more than 5 minutes. So I started the
VIOS install ( which I eventually pulled the plug on because 45
minutes into the install, it was only 50% complete. )

FIRMWARE. I got the AMM firmware, both functional and maintenance
downloaded and installed. But then I was unsure which specific
firmware to download for the other modules. On the IBM support site
there are different firmware files for each model of module the FW
applies to. In the browser connect to the AMM there is a display of
all the modules in the BCS, with their product numbers, serial
numbers, etc. Problem for me is on the IBM support site I did not see
the product numbers the BCS reports in the descriptions or names of
the firmware files. How can I cross reference the product numbers the
BCS reports with the firmware descriptions? ( I guess I will try a
google search on the product numbers )

thanks,

-Steve