
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
BX924
S4
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4.4
Removing a server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4.1
Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4.2
Removing the server blade from the system unit . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5
Opening the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6
Closing the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.7
Installing the server blade in the system unit . . . . . . . . . 57
4.8
Switching on the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.9
Concluding software tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.10
Closing the rack door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.10.1
Closing the rack door of a PRIMECENTER rack . . . . . . . . . 62
4.10.2
Closing the rack door of a PRIMECENTER M1 rack . . . . . . . 62
5
Basic software procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1
Starting the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.1
Launching a video redirection to a server blade . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2
Checking the server blade status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.1
Checking the server blade status via management blade
web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.2
Checking the server blade status via iRMC . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.1.3
Saving BIOS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.4
Saving iRMC settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.5
Connecting virtual media to the managed server blade . . . . . 65
5.1.6
Disabling BitLocker functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.1.7
Disabling boot watchdog functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.7.1
Viewing boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.7.2
Configuring boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5.1.8
Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . . 69
5.1.9
Note on server maintenance in a Multipath I/O environment . . . 70
5.1.10
Switching on the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.2
Completing the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.2.1
Updating or recovering the system board BIOS and iRMC . . . . 73
5.2.1.1
Updating or recovering the system board BIOS . . . . . . . . 73
5.2.1.2
Updating or recovering the iRMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.2.2
Restoring BIOS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.3
Restoring iRMC settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.4
Updating mezzanine card firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.5
Enabling Option ROM scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80