Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit

Install the blade server in a BladeCenter® unit to use the blade server.

Figure 1. Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit

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CAUTION:

Hazardous energy is present when the blade server is connected to the power source. Always replace the blade server cover before installing the blade server.

Perform the following procedure to install a blade server in a BladeCenter unit.

1. Go to http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/ to download the latest firmware for the blade server.

   Download the firmware so that you can use it later to update the blade server after you start it.

2. Read the Safety topic and the Installation guidelines.
   
3. If you have not done so already, install any optional devices that you want, such as a SAS drive or memory modules.
4. Select the bay for the blade server.
   • See the online information or the Installation and User's Guide that comes with your BladeCenter unit to verify that the bay you choose is powered.
   • Ensure proper cooling, performance, and system reliability by installing a blade server, expansion unit, or blade filler in each blade bay.
   • Reinstall a blade server in the same blade bay to preserve configuration information and update options that are established by blade bay. Reinstalling into a different blade bay can have unintended consequences, which might include re-configuring the blade server.
5. Verify that the release handles on the blade server are in the open position (perpendicular to the blade server, as shown in  1  in Figure 1).
6. If you installed a filler blade or another blade server in the bay from which you removed the blade server, remove it from the bay.
7. Slide the blade server into the blade bay from which you removed it until the blade server stops.

   The spring-loaded doors farther back in the bay that cover the bay opening move out of the way as you insert the blade server.

8. Push the release handles on the front of the blade server to close and lock them.

   The discovery and initialization process can take up to three minutes to complete. The discovery and initialization process is complete when the green LED stops flashing rapidly and begins to flash slowly. At this point, you can power on the blade server.

9. Turn on the blade server. See Turning on the blade server.
10. Verify that the power-on LED on the blade server control panel is lit continuously. The continuous light indicates that the blade server is receiving power and is turned on.
11. Optional: Write identifying information on one of the user labels that come with the blade servers and place the label on the BladeCenter unit bezel.

    Important: Do not place the label on the blade server or in any way block the ventilation holes on the blade server. See the online information or the documentation that comes with your BladeCenter unit for information about label placement.

12. Use the SMS Utility program to configure the blade server. See Using the SMS utility.
13. Also use the management module to configure the blade server. See the documentation for the management module to understand the functions that the management module provides.