Use this information to assemble a scalable blade complex.
To assemble a scalable blade complex, you will need the
following parts:
- Two BladeCenter HX5 blade servers
- 2-node scalability kit, which includes the 2-node scalability card, the scalability tray, and the 3/16" hex driver.
To assemble a scalable blade complex, complete the following steps.
Note: Make sure that you installed
a hypervisor key in the primary blade server, if required, to use
the scalable blade complex as a single hardware partition in a virtualized
environment. To determine whether you need to install a hypervisor
key, see the documentation that comes with your virtualization software.
For more information about virtualization, see http://www.ibm.com/itsolutions/virtualization/.
- Attach the blade server with the scalability tray to the
bottom blade server.
- Lower the topmost blade server so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the pins at the rear of the bottom blade server, as shown in the illustration.
- Pivot the topmost blade server to the closed position, as shown in the illustration, until it clicks into place.