Thanks for the replies!

I've got bitcoind installed and created the bitcoin.conf containing:

server=1
daemon=1
rpcuser=USERNAME
rpcpassword=PASSWORD
rpcport=8332

I start bitcoind and it begins to download the blockchain. I've got my block erupter blades running, pointed at the server's IP address, with the user:pass field on the blades set as USERNAME:PASSWORD,USERNAME:PASSWORD. Have I proceeded correctly?

Now a few more questions...

If I were to solve a block, where would those bitcoins go? The wallet associated with bitcoind?

Is there any way that I can verify the blades are hashing?

Cheers!