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novascale Blade BL465 - Installation and User's Guide
List of Figures
Figure 1-1. Blade server ................................................................................................................2
Figure 1-2. Major blade server components ...................................................................................11
Figure 2-1. Blade server controls and LEDs.....................................................................................16
Figure 2-2. Blade scalability indicators..........................................................................................20
Figure 2-3. Blade server connectors ..............................................................................................21
Figure 3-1. Removing the blade server from the Blade Chassis..........................................................25
Figure 3-2. Opening the blade server cover...................................................................................26
Figure 3-3. Disassembling the BL465 complex................................................................................28
Figure 3-4. Lifting the topmost server from the bottom server.............................................................28
Figure 3-5. Removing the 2-node scalability card............................................................................29
Figure 3-6. Installing an SSD expansion card .................................................................................30
Figure 3-7. Removing an SSD expansion card................................................................................31
Figure 3-8. Installing a solid state drive .........................................................................................32
Figure 3-9. Removing a solid state drive ........................................................................................33
Figure 3-10. Installing a DIMM ......................................................................................................36
Figure 3-11. Removing a DIMM .....................................................................................................37
Figure 3-12. Installing a hypervisor key ...........................................................................................38
Figure 3-13. Removing the access panel..........................................................................................39
Figure 3-14. Installing the access panel...........................................................................................40
Figure 3-15. Removing a hypervisor key..........................................................................................41
Figure 3-16. Removing the access panel..........................................................................................42
Figure 3-17. Cards supported in a blade server ...............................................................................43
Figure 3-18. Installing a CIOv form-factor expansion card .................................................................44
Figure 3-19. Installing a CFFh expansion card .................................................................................45
Figure 3-20. Removing a CFFh expansion card ................................................................................47
Figure 3-21. Removing a CIOv form-factor expansion card ................................................................48
Figure 3-22. Installing the microprocessor........................................................................................49
Figure 3-23. Removing the access panel..........................................................................................50
Figure 3-24. Installing the access panel...........................................................................................54
Figure 3-25. Attaching the blade server with the scalability tray to the bottom module ...........................56
Figure 3-26. Installing the scalability tray.........................................................................................57
Figure 3-27. Installing the 2-node scalability card .............................................................................59
Figure 3-28. Installing and closing the blade server cover ..................................................................61
Figure 3-29. Installing the blade server in a Blade Chassis.................................................................62
List of Tables
Table 1-1. Blade server features and specifications ..........................................................................6
Table 4-1. Procedures to update blade servers in a BL465 complex .................................................78
Table 6-1. LAN over USB addresses ............................................................................................99
Table B-1. Limits for particulates and gases.................................................................................108