Follow these guidelines to remove and replace blade server
components.
- Read the safety information in the Safety topic
and the guidelines in Handling static-sensitive devices.
This information will help you work safely.
- When you install a new blade server, download and apply the most
recent firmware updates.
Download
and install updated device drivers and the blade server firmware.
Go to the
IBM Support site to download the updates.
Select your product, type, model, and operating system, and then click
Go.
Click the
Download tab, if necessary, for device driver and
firmware updates.
Note: Changes are made periodically to the IBM website.
Procedures for locating firmware and documentation might vary slightly
from what is described in this documentation.
- Observe good housekeeping in the area where you are working. Place
removed covers and other parts in a safe place.
- Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.
- Before you remove a hot-swap blade server from the BladeCenter® unit, you must shut down
the operating system and turn off the blade server. You do not have
to shut down the BladeCenter unit
itself.
- Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip
the component to remove it from or install it in the blade server,
open or close a latch, and so on.
- Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component
indicates that the component can be hot-swapped, which means that
if the blade server and operating system support hot-swap capability,
you can remove or install the component while the blade server is
running. (Orange can also indicate touch points on hot-swap components.)
See the instructions for removing or installing a specific hot-swap
component for any additional procedures that you might have to perform
before you remove or install the component.
- When you are finished working on the blade server, reinstall all
safety shields, guards, labels, and ground wires.
See the ServerProven website for information about
supported operating-system versions and all blade server optional
devices.
