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Removing and Installing a UCS B440 High Performance Blade Server
S e n d d o c u m e n t c o m m e n t s t o u c s - d o c f e e d b a c k @ c i s c o . c o m
If you are shutting down all blade servers in a chassis, you should now disconnect the power cords from
Step 3
the chassis to completely power off the servers. If you are only shutting down one server, you can skip
unplugging the chassis and move to removing the server.
Removing a Cisco UCS B440 High Performance Blade Server
Using UCS Manager, decommission the server using UCS Manager before physically removing the
server. To remove a blade server from the chassis, follow these steps:
Turn off the blade server using either UCS Manager or the power on standby button.
Step 1
Completely loosen the captive screws on the front of the blade.
Step 2
Remove the blade from the chassis by pulling the ejector levers on the blade until it unseats the blade
Step 3
server.
Slide the blade part of the way out of the chassis, and place your other hand under the blade to support
Step 4
its weight.
Once removed, place the blade on an antistatic mat or antistatic foam if you are not immediately
Step 5
reinstalling it into another slot.
Step 6
If the slot is to remain empty, reinstall the slot divider (N20-CDIVV) and install two blank faceplates
(N20-CBLKB1) to keep assure proper ventilation and cooling.
Installing a Cisco UCS B440 High Performance Blade Server
While the blades and chassis are designed for any device to operate in any slot, the following placement
guidelines should be used when installing blades to distribute weight as intended and make insertion and
removal easier:
1.
2.
To install a blade server, follow these steps:
If necessary, remove the slot divider (N20-CDIVV) from the chassis. To do this, follow these steps:
Step 1
a.
b.
To reinstall the slot divider, align it with the dimples in the slot top and bottom and slide it back in until
Tip
it clicks into place.
Cisco UCS B440 High Performance Blade Server Installation and Service Note
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1.A chassis filled with half-width servers will require slot dividers be installed. A chassis filled with
full-width servers will require the removal of all slot dividers.
2.If a mixture of full- and half-width servers is desired, place full-width blades in slot 1 and down,
and place half-width blades in slot 8 and up. Slot dividers are required between half-width servers
to provide support to the bays above.
Simultaneously pull up on the left side catch and push down on the right side catch as shown in
callout 1 of
Figure
4.
Pull the slot divider out of the chassis as shown in callout 2 of
it is needed at another time.
Figure
4. Keep the slot divider in case
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