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.
- 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.
- Read
the Safety topic and the Installation guidelines.
- If
you have not done
so already, install any optional devices that you want, such as a
SAS drive or memory modules.
- 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.
- 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).
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Turn on the blade server.
See Turning on the blade server.
- 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.
- 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.
- Use the SMS Utility program
to configure the blade server. See Using the SMS utility.
- 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.
If you have
changed the configuration
of the blade server or if this is a different blade server than the
one you removed, you must configure the blade server. You might also
have to install the blade server operating system.
See Installing the operating system.
