After you install your new blade appliance and perform
initial configuration, take the opportunity to check for, download,
and apply the most recent firmware updates. This will help to ensure
that any known issues are addressed and that your blade appliance
is ready to function at maximum levels of performance.
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 blade appliance from the BladeCenter
unit, you must shut down the blade appliance. 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 you can remove or install the component while the appliance
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.