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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
The IBM Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Major components of the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Chapter 2. Power, controls, jumpers, switches, and indicators . . . . . . 11
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Understanding the control panel and LEDs
System board illustration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 3. Installing options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit
Opening the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the blade server bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Installing a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Removing a SCSI hard disk drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing memory modules
Installing an additional microprocessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Installing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing an optional expansion unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Replacing the battery
Completing the installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter 4. Configuring the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
IBM BladeCenter HS20 Type 8843 features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BladeCenter HS20 specifications for non-NEBS/ETSI environments . . . . . 9
Using system board switches
Using light path diagnostics to troubleshoot the system board . . . . . . . 16
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Installing a small-form-factor expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Installing the blade server bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Closing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Updating the blade server configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuration/Setup Utility menu choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
ServerGuide features
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Typical operating-system installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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