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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs................................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 8
System board components.......................................................................................................................... 9
Mezzanine connector definitions ..................................................................................................... 10
DIMM slot locations ....................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable..................................................................................................................... 11
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power up the workstation blade ................................................................................................................ 12
Power down the workstation blade ............................................................................................................ 12
Remove the workstation blade................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 14
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 14
Remove the DIMM baffle.......................................................................................................................... 14
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 16
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 16
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 16
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 17
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 19
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 25
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 25
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 26
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 26
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 27
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 28
Installing a DIMM.......................................................................................................................... 31
Cache module and battery pack option...................................................................................................... 32
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 37
BBWC battery pack cabling ..................................................................................................................... 37
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ...................................................................................................... 37
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 37
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 37
Accessing local media devices ........................................................................................................ 38
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 40
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 40
