Table Of Contents - HP ProLiant BL45p User Manual

Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 7
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 8
Rear panel components.............................................................................................................................. 9
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 9
System board components........................................................................................................................ 10
Primary system board (processors 1 and 3)....................................................................................... 10
Secondary system board (processors 2 and 4) .................................................................................. 11
DIMM slot numbering..................................................................................................................... 12
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 13
Internal USB connector............................................................................................................................. 14
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 14
Operations................................................................................................................................. 16
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 16
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 16
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 17
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 17
Remove the primary access panel .................................................................................................... 17
Remove the secondary access panel ................................................................................................ 18
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 19
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 19
Installing the HP BladeSystem components .................................................................................................. 19
Verifying system components .................................................................................................................... 19
Connecting to the network ........................................................................................................................ 20
Server blade enclosure network connections ..................................................................................... 20
Server blade enclosure compatibility ................................................................................................ 20
iLO 2 connections.......................................................................................................................... 20
RJ-45 patch panel Ethernet connections ............................................................................................ 20
RJ-45 patch panel 2 FC connections................................................................................................. 21
Interconnect switch and FC connections............................................................................................ 22
Installing server blade options ................................................................................................................... 22
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 23
Completing the configuration .................................................................................................................... 24
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 25
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 25
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 30
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 31
DIMM guidelines ........................................................................................................................... 31
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 32
Fibre Channel mezzanine option............................................................................................................... 32
NIC mezzanine option............................................................................................................................. 33
Battery-Backed Write Cache Enabler option................................................................................................ 34
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 37
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 37
Local administration using iLO 2 ............................................................................................................... 37
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 38
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 38
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