Removing The Blade Server Cover - IBM BladeCenter JS12 7998 Installation And User Manual

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1. Read "Safety" on page v and the "Installation guidelines" on page 19.
2. If the blade server is operating, shut down the operating system.
3. Press the power-control button (behind the control-panel door) to turn off the
4. Wait at least 30 seconds for the hard disk drive to stop spinning.
5. Open the two release handles as shown in the illustration. The blade server
6. Pull the blade server out of the bay. Spring-loaded doors farther back in the
7. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover
8. Place either a blade filler or another blade server in the bay within 1 minute.

Removing the blade server cover

Remove the blade server from the chassis unit and press the blade server cover
releases to open and remove the blade server cover.
Blade-cover
release
Figure 6. Removing the cover
Perform the following procedure to open and remove the blade server cover.
1. Read "Safety" on page v and the "Installation guidelines" on page 19.
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
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blade server. See "Turning off the blade server" on page 16.
moves out of the bay approximately 0.6 cm (0.25 inch).
bay move into place to cover the bay temporarily.
side up.
The recessed spring-loaded doors move out of the way as you insert the blade
server or filler blade.
blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from a
BladeCenter unit" on page 21.
Cover
pins
Blade-cover
release

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