Input/Output Connectors And Devices - IBM JS21 - BladeCenter - 8844 Installation And User Manual

10. If you have other blade servers to install, repeat step 2 on page 25 through
11. (BladeCenter T unit only) Reinstall the bezel assembly on the BladeCenter T
If this is the initial installation for the blade server in the BladeCenter unit, you must
configure the blade server through the SMS Utility program and install the blade
server operating system. See Chapter 4, "Configuring the blade server," on page 27
and Chapter 5, "Installing the operating system," on page 33 for details.

Input/output connectors and devices

The input/output connectors that are available to the blade server are supplied by
the BladeCenter unit. See the documentation that comes with the BladeCenter unit
for information about the input/output connectors.
The blade server has a media-tray select button on the control panel. See "Blade
server control panel buttons and LEDs" on page 12 for information about this button
and its function.
The Ethernet controllers on the blade server communicate with the network through
the Ethernet-compatible I/O modules on the BladeCenter unit. Network signals to
and from the blade server or any expansion cards are automatically routed to a
same-network-interface I/O module through circuitry in the BladeCenter unit.
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unit for more than 1 minute or a BladeCenter T unit for more than 20
minutes without a blade server, expansion unit, or blade filler in each blade
bay.
v If you reinstall a blade server that you have removed, you must install it in
the same blade bay from which you removed it. Some blade server
configuration information and update options are established according to
bay numbers. Reinstalling a blade server into a different blade bay from the
one from which it was removed could have unintended consequences, and
you might have to reconfigure the blade server.
4. Make sure that the release handles on the blade server are in the open
position (perpendicular to the blade server).
5. Slide the blade server into the blade bay until it stops. The spring-loaded
doors, farther back in the bay, that cover the bay opening move out of the way
as you insert the blade server.
6. Push the release handles on the front of the blade server to the closed
position.
7. Turn on the blade server (see "Turning on the blade server" on page 11 for
instructions).
8. Make sure that the power-on LED on the blade server control panel is lit
continuously, indicating that the blade server is receiving power and is turned
on.
9. (Optional) Write identifying information on one of the labels that come with the
blade server and place the label on a BladeCenter unit bezel. See the
documentation for your BladeCenter unit for recommended label placement.
Important: Do not place the label on the blade server or in any way block the
ventilation holes on the blade server.
step 9 for each blade server.
unit. For detailed instructions for reinstalling the bezel assembly, see the
Installation and User's Guide that comes with the BladeCenter T unit.