Intel SBXD62 - Server Compute Blade, Installation And User Manual

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Installing Options
This chapter provides instructions for installing hardware options in the blade server.
Some option-removal instructions are provided in case you need to remove one option to
install another.
Installation Guidelines
Before you begin installing options in the blade server, read the following information:
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Read the safety information beginning on page 65 in Appendix C, “Safety
Information” and the guidelines in “Handling Static-sensitive Devices” on page 16 .
This information will help you work safely with the blade server and options.
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Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.
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Before you remove a hot-swap blade server from the Intel® Blade Server Chassis
SBCE, you must shut down the operating system and turn off the blade server. You do
not have to shut down the Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE itself.
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Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component to
remove it from or install it in the blade server, or open or close a latch.
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Green on a component or an green label on or near a component indicates that the
component can be hot-swapped, which means that you can remove or install the
component while the Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE is running. (Green can also
indicate touch points on hot-swap components.) See the instructions for removing or
installing a specific hot-swap component for any additional procedures that you might
have to perform before you remove or install the component.
System Reliability Guidelines
To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, observe the following guidelines:
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Make sure that microprocessor socket 2 always contains either a microprocessor heat
sink filler or a microprocessor and heat sink. If the blade server has only one
microprocessor, it must be installed in the microprocessor socket 1.
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To maintain proper system cooling, do not operate the Intel® Blade Server Chassis
SBCE without a blade server, or filler installed in each blade bay. See the
documentation for your Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE for additional
information.