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Chapter 4. Installing the blade server in the BladeCenter unit
If you have options to install in the blade server, refer to the BladeCenter QS20
Problem Determination and Service Guide for instructions; then, return here.
Otherwise, continue with the instructions in this chapter.
Installing the blade server
Figure 6. Inserting the blade server into the BladeCenter
Notes:
v For information about the design of the BladeCenter unit, including the hot-swap
v The blade server is a hot-swap device. You can install or remove the blade
v The maximum number of blade servers that the BladeCenter unit supports varies
v Do not install a blade server in blade bays 6/7. For more information and
v To help ensure proper cooling, performance, and system reliability, do not
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blade bays, see the IBM BladeCenter (Type 8677) Planning and Installation
Guide.
server without removing power from the BladeCenter unit. However, you must
turn off the blade server before removing it from the BladeCenter unit.
by the wattage of the power supplies that are installed in the BladeCenter unit.
For more information about determining the power requirements for the blade
server, see the IBM BladeCenter Power Module Upgrade Guidelines.
explanation, see Table 1 on page 3.
operate the BladeCenter unit for more than 1 minute without a blade server or
filler blades installed in each blade bay.
When you remove filler blades from a blade bay in the BladeCenter unit so that
you can install a blade server, do not discard the filler blades. You need the filler
blades if you ever remove the blade server. For future use, store the filler blades
in a static-protective environment, such as the static-protective package that
comes with the blade server.
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