You can install this tier 2 CRU yourself or request IBM® to install it, at no additional
charge, under the type of warranty service that is designated for
the blade server. Use this procedure to install the management card
into the currently installed system board. If you are also installing
a new system board, you must complete this procedure before installing
the new system board.
Attention: Replacing the management card and the
system board at the same time might result in the loss of vital product
data (VPD) and information concerning the number of active processor
cores. If the management card and system board must both be replaced,
replace them one at a time. For further assistance, contact your next
level of support.
To install the management card, complete the following
steps.
Figure 1. Installing
the management card
To install the management card, which is shown by 1 in Figure 1,
complete the following steps:
- Read the documentation that comes with the management card,
if you ordered a replacement card.
- Locate the connector on the currently installed system
board into which the management card will be installed. See System-board connectors for
the location.
- Touch the static-protective package that contains the management
card to any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter® unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the management
card from its package.
- Insert the management card (as shown by 1 in Figure 1)
and verify that the card is securely on the connector and pushed down
all the way to the main board.
- Were you sent to this procedure from the Replacing the FRU system-board and chassis assembly procedure?
- Yes:
- Return to the Return to the Replacing the system-board and chassis
assembly procedure.
- No:
- Continue with the next step.
- Install and close the blade server cover. See Installing and closing the blade server cover.
Statement
21
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.
- Install
and close the blade server
cover. See Installing and closing the blade server cover.
Statement 21
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.
- Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit. See Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit.
Attention: If the management card was not properly installed,
the power-on LED blinks rapidly and a communication error is reported
to the management module. If this occurs, remove the blade server
from the BladeCenter,
as described in
Removing the tier 2 management card.
Reseat the management card, then reinstall the blade server in the BladeCenter.
- Power on the blade server. If a Virtual I/O Server (VIOS)
partition is installed, power on only the VIOS partition. If VIOS
is not installed, power on one of the partitions. If the blade server
is managed by a management console, wait for the blade server to be
discovered by the management console before continuing with the next
step.
Attention: If the management card was
not properly installed, the power-on LED blinks rapidly and a communication
error is reported to the management module. If this occurs, remove
the blade server from the BladeCenter,
as described in
Removing the tier 2 management card.
Reseat the management card, then reinstall the blade server in the BladeCenter.
- A new Virtualization Engine technologies (VET) code must
be generated and activated. Perform Obtaining a PowerVM Virtualization Engine system technologies activation code.
Wait at least five minutes to ensure that the VET activation code
is stored in the vital product data on the management card and then
power off the operating system and the blade server. Continue with
the next step of this procedure.
- Power on
the operating system of all the remaining partitions of the blade
server.
- If you replaced the part because of a service action, verify
the repair by checking that the amber enclosure fault LED is off.
For more information, see Blade server control panel buttons and LEDs.
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.