Setup; Installing The Hp Bladesystem Components; Verifying System Components; Connecting To The Network - HP ProLiant BL35p User Manual

Setup

In this section

Installing the HP BladeSystem components................................................................................................. 14

Verifying system components ................................................................................................................... 14

Connecting to the network....................................................................................................................... 14

Installing server blade options.................................................................................................................. 14

Using the diagnostic station ..................................................................................................................... 15
Installing a server blade .......................................................................................................................... 15
Completing the configuration................................................................................................................... 17
Installing the HP BladeSystem components
Before performing any server blade-specific procedures, install the HP BladeSystem components in your
environment. Refer to the hardware installation and configuration poster that ships with the server blade
enclosure.
The most current documentation for server blades and other HP BladeSystem p-Class components is
available at the HP website (http://www.hp.com/products/servers/proliant-bl/p-class/info).
Documentation is also available in the following locations:
Documentation CD that ships with the server blade enclosure
•
HP Business Support Center website (http://www.hp.com/support)
•
HP Technical Documentation website (http://docs.hp.com)
•
Verifying system components
Verify that the proper server blade enclosure is installed for the server blade. Refer to "Server blade
1.
enclosure compatibility (on page 11)."
Verify that adequate power is available. Refer to the HP BladeSystem p-Class power calculator on
2.
the HP website (http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/powercalculator).
Connecting to the network
To connect the HP BladeSystem to a network, each server blade enclosure must be configured with a pair
of network interconnects to manage signals between the server blades and the external network. For more
information about interconnect options, refer to the HP website
(http://www.hp.com/go/bladesystem/interconnects).
Installing server blade options
Before installing and initializing the server blade, install any hardware options, such as an additional
processor or hard drives. For server blade options installation information, refer to "Hardware options
installation (on page 18)."
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