To remove a blade server, open the release handles and slide it out of the BladeCenter S chassis.
Attention:
- To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the BladeCenter S system without a blade server, expansion unit, or blade server filler installed in each blade server bay. Install a blade server, expansion unit, or filler within one minute of the removal of a blade server.
- Note the bay number. Reinstalling a blade server into a different bay from the one from which it was removed could have unintended consequences. Some configuration information and update options are established according to bay number.
- Shut down the blade server operating system; then, shut down the blade server. See the documentation that comes with your blade servers for the procedure to shut down the operating system.
- Open the release handles (rotate the top handle up and the bottom handle down) to disengage the blade server from the BladeCenter S chassis.
- Slide the blade server out of the blade server bay.