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Installing Options
This chapter provides instructions for installing hardware options in the NovaScale Blade
2320 Server. Some option-removal instructions are provided in case you need to remove
one option to install another.
Installation Guidelines
Before you begin installing options in the blade server, read the following information:
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Read the safety information beginning on page 61 in Appendix B, “Safety
Information” and the guidelines in “Handling Static-sensitive Devices” on page 16.
This information will help you work safely with the blade server and options.
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Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.
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Before you remove a hot-swap blade server from the NovaScale Blade Chassis, you
must shut down the operating system and turn off the blade server. You do not have to
shut down the NovaScale Blade Chassis itself.
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Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component to
remove it from or install it in the blade server, or open or close a latch.
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Green on a component or an green 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 NovaScale Blade Chassis is running. (Green 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.
System Reliability Guidelines
To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, observe the following guidelines:
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Make sure that microprocessor socket 2 always contains either a microprocessor heat
sink filler or a microprocessor and heat sink. If the blade server has only one
microprocessor, it must be installed in the microprocessor socket 1.
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To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the NovaScale Blade Chassis
without a blade server, or filler installed in each blade bay. See the documentation for
your NovaScale Blade Chassis for additional information.