To install a blade PC:
1.
Determine your hardware configuration and deployment process. For more information, see
Deployment and Management on page 35
2.
Install or upgrade memory before installing blade PCs into an enclosure. See the
Installing
Additional Memory on page 30
section in this chapter.
CAUTION:
The HP PC Blade Enclosure is shipped without blade PC blanks. Always populate
the blade PC bays with either a blade PC or a blade PC blank (available as an option). Proper
airflow can only be maintained when the bays are populated. Unpopulated bays can lead to
improper cooling and thermal damage.
3.
If blade PC blanks have been installed, remove the blade PC blank:
a.
Press the ejector tabs on the blade PC blank (1).
b.
Slide the blade PC blank out of the bay (2).
NOTE:
Store the blade PC blank for future use.
NOTE:
Before installing blade PCs for the first time, define your hardware configuration and
deployment process. For more information see
Deployment and Management on page 35
.
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