Scalability indicators - BladeCenter HX5

The BladeCenter HX5 blade server provides scalability indicators, which are viewable through the front bezel of the blade server when it is installed in a BladeCenter chassis. The scalability indicators remain lit until the blade server is started.

The BladeCenter HX5 blade server can be deployed as a stand-alone blade server. It can also be combined with another BladeCenter HX5 blade server to form a scalable blade complex. When two BladeCenter HX5 blade servers are combined into a scalable blade complex, you can specify that they operate as a single hardware partition or operate in stand-alone mode.

The scalability indicators show whether a BladeCenter HX5 blade server is a stand-alone blade server or a node in a scalable blade complex operating as a single hardware partition.

When a BladeCenter HX5 blade server is a stand-alone blade server, the scalability indicators continually move up and down the front of the bezel.
Graphic showing the movement of the scalability indicators when the BladeCenter HX5 is operating as a stand-alone server.

When a BladeCenter HX5 blade server is part of the scalable blade complex operating in single partition mode, the scalability indicators move up the first blade server, cross over to the second blade server, and then move down the second blade server.

Note: If you have set up a scalable blade complex in single partition mode but when you start the blade servers, the scalability indicators for each blade server seem to be operating independently, there might be a problem with the configuration of the scalable blade complex.

Graphic showing the movement of the scalability indicators when the BladeCenter HX5 is operating as a node in a scalable blade complex