Use these instructions to install the blade server in a BladeCenter® unit.
The following illustration shows how to install a blade
server into a BladeCenter unit. The appearance of your BladeCenter unit might be different;
see the documentation for your BladeCenter unit
for additional information. To install a blade server in a BladeCenter unit, complete the following
steps.
Statement 21
CAUTION:
Hazardous
energy is present when the blade server is connected to the power
source. Always replace the blade cover before installing the blade
server.
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Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines.
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Select the blade bay for the blade server; at least one
blade bay is required.
Notes:
- When any blade server or device is in blade bay 7 through 14,
power modules must be installed in all four power-module bays. For
additional information, see the Installation and User's Guide that
comes with the BladeCenter unit.
- If you are reinstalling a blade server that you removed, you must
install it in the same blade bay from which you removed it. Some blade
server configuration information and update options are established
according to blade server bay number. Reinstalling a blade server
into a different blade server bay number from the one which it was
removed can have unintended consequences, and you might have to reconfigure
the blade server.
- To help ensure proper cooling, performance, and system reliability,
make sure that each blade bay on the front of the BladeCenter unit
contains a blade server, expansion unit, or blade filler. Do not operate
a BladeCenter unit for more than 1 minute
without a blade server, expansion unit, or blade filler in each blade
bay.
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Make sure that the release handles on the blade server
are in the open position (perpendicular to the blade server).
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Slide the blade server into the blade bay until it stops.
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Push the release handles on the front of the blade server
to the closed position.
Note: After the blade
server is installed, the service processor in the blade server initializes
and synchronizes with the management module. This process
takes approximately two minutes to complete. The power-on LED flashes
rapidly, and the power-control button on the blade server does not
respond until this process is complete.
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Turn on the blade server (see Turning on the blade server for
instructions).
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Make sure that the power-on LED on the blade server control
panel is lit continuously, indicating that the blade server is receiving
power and is turned on.
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If you have other blade servers to install, do so now.
- Optional: Write identifying information on
one of the labels that come with the blade servers and place the label
on the BladeCenter unit bezel. See the documentation for your BladeCenter
unit for information about the label placement.
Important: Do not place the label on the blade server or in
any way block the ventilation holes on the blade server.
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Reinstall the bezel assembly on the BladeCenter T unit
(BladeCenter T unit only). For detailed instructions for reinstalling
the bezel assembly, see the Installation and User's Guide that
comes with the BladeCenter T unit.
If you have changed the configuration of the blade
server or if you are installing a different blade server from the
one that you removed, you must configure the blade server through
the Setup utility, and you might have to install the blade server
operating system. Detailed information about these tasks is available
in the Installation and User's Guide.
