Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units
This chapter provides instructions for replacing units on the blade server.
Replaceable units are components, such as memory modules, and I/O expansion
cards. Some removal instructions are provided in case you need to replace one
replaceable with another.
You can replace the following items:
v Battery
v Front bezel assembly (control panel)
v Blade server cover
v Impedance air baffles
v
v System board
You can add or remove the following optional items:
v Cisco 4X Infiniband Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter
v InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh)
v I/O buffer DDR2 memory modules
v SAS expansion card
v BladeCenter Expansion unit
Note: If you wish to install the InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) you
Installation guidelines
Before you begin, read the following:
v Read the safety information beginning on page vii and the guidelines in "Handling
v You do not have to turn off the blade server or disconnect the BladeCenter unit
v Before you remove a hot-swappable blade server from the BladeCenter unit, you
v Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component
v Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component indicates
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must install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 or higher.
static-sensitive devices" on page 30. This information will help you work safely
with the blade server and components.
from power to install or replace any of the hot-swappable modules on the rear of
the BladeCenter unit.
must shut down the operating system on it by typing the shutdown -h now
command or choosing the shut down option from your GUI. See "Turning off the
blade server" on page 4 for details. You do not have to shut down the
BladeCenter unit itself.
to remove it from or install it in the blade server or BladeCenter unit, open or
close a latch, and so on.
that the component can be hot-swapped. You can remove or install the
component while the blade server or BladeCenter unit is running providing the
blade server or BladeCenter unit and operating system support the
hot-swappable capability. Orange can also indicate touch points on
hot-swappable components. See the instructions for removing or installing a
specific hot-swappable component for any additional procedures that you might
have to perform before you remove or install the component.
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