IBM BladeCenter HS20, Installation And User Manual

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5. Slide the blade server into the blade bay until it stops. The spring-loaded doors
farther back in the bay that cover the bay opening move out of the way as you
insert the blade server.
6. Push the release handles on the front of the blade server closed.
7. Turn on the blade server (see “Turning on the blade server” on page 13 for
instructions).
8. Make sure that the power-on LED on the blade control panel is lit continuously,
indicating that the blade server is receiving power and is turned on.
9. (Optional) Write identifying information on one of the user labels that come
with the blade servers and place the label on a BladeCenter unit bezel.
See the documentation for your BladeCenter unit for information about the
label placement.
Important: Do not place the label on the blade server or in any way block the
ventilation holes on the blade server.
10. If you have other blade servers to install, do so now.
If you reinstall a blade server that you removed, you must install it in the same
blade bay from which you removed it. Some blade server configuration information
and update options are established according to bay number. Reinstalling a blade
server into a different blade bay from the one from which it was removed could
have unintended consequences, and you might have to reconfigure the blade
server.
If this is the initial installation for the blade server in the BladeCenter unit, you must
configure the blade server through the Configuration/Setup Utility program and
install the blade server operating system. See “Updating the blade server
configuration” and Chapter 5, “Installing the operating system,” on page 49 for
details.
Updating the blade server configuration
When the blade server starts for the first time after you add or remove an internal
option, you might receive a message that the configuration has changed. The
Configuration/Setup Utility program automatically starts so that you can save the
new configuration settings. See “Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program” on
page 39 for more information about the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
Some options have device drivers that you must install. See the documentation that
comes with each option for information about installing device drivers.
The blade server comes with at least one microprocessor. If more than one
microprocessor is installed, the blade server can operate as a symmetric
multiprocessing (SMP) server. You might have to upgrade the operating system to
support SMP. See Chapter 5, “Installing the operating system,” on page 49 and your
operating-system documentation for additional information.
Chapter 3. Installing options
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