Contents
Safety
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Chapter 1. Introduction
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Locating and recording BladeCenter unit information
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Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
The BladeCenter modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Advanced management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
I/O modules
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Blade servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Blower modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The IBM Documentation CD
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Major components of the BladeCenter H unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators
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Supplying power to the BladeCenter unit
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Disconnecting power from the BladeCenter unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs
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Front view
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Power modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Media tray
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System service cards
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Blade server control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
I/O modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Management modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Blower modules
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Serial connector
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Rear system LED panel
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Chapter 3. Installing the BladeCenter unit and options
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Installation checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installation guidelines
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System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Removing components before rack installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing a power module
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Removing a blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing a blower module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing an I/O module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Removing a bezel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing an optical drive filler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing components
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Installing a blower module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing an I/O module
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