Contents
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About your documentation CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Starting the IBM Documentation Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Using the IBM Documentation Browser
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Using the search feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
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Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Notices and statements used in this book
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What your BladeCenter unit offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Reliability, availability, and serviceability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Major components of the BladeCenter Type 8677 unit
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Installing the BladeCenter unit in a rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation guidelines
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System reliability considerations
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Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing and removing modules
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The BladeCenter modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Management module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Switch modules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Blower modules
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Removing a module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing and removing the acoustic module option
Installing the acoustic module option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the acoustic module option
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Installing and removing blade servers
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Blade server expansion options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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Removing a blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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Keyboard connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mouse connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Universal Serial Bus connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switch-module Ethernet connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote management and console Ethernet connector . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 3. BladeCenter unit power, controls, and indicators
Starting the BladeCenter unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Shutting down the BladeCenter unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
BladeCenter components, controls, and LEDs
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