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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v
Guidelines for trained service technicians . . . . . . vi
Inspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . vi
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Start here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . x
Diagnosing a problem . . . . . . . . . . . x
Undocumented problems . . . . . . . . . xiii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Notices and statements in this document . . . . . . 4
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Blade server controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . 7
Scalability indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . .
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . .
System board layouts . . . . . . . . . . . .
System-board switches . . . . . . . . . .
blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Working with a scalable blade complex . . . . .
server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Partitioning a scalable blade complex . . . . . .
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . .
Using the PXE boot agent utility program . . . . .
Using the Boot Selection Menu program . . . . .
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . .
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Updating firmware and device drivers . . . . . .
independently. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Recovering from a UEFI update failure . . . . . .
In-band manual recovery method . . . . . .
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method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Automated boot recovery (ABR) . . . . . . . .
Nx boot failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Accessing the IMM . . . . . . . . . . . . .
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 3. Parts listing . . . . . . . . 57
Parts listing - BladeCenter HX5 . . . . . . . . .
Parts listing - IBM MAX5 . . . . . . . . . . .
blade server components . . . . . . . 65
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Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . .
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System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . .
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . .
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Returning a device or component . . . . . .
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chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Disassembling a scalable blade complex . . . . .
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Assembling a scalable blade complex . . . . . .
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replaceable units (CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . .
Removing the blade server cover . . . . . .
Installing the blade server cover. . . . . . .
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Removing an expansion unit . . . . . . . .
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Installing an expansion unit . . . . . . . .
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Removing the battery . . . . . . . . . . .
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Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . .
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Removing and replacing Tier 2 CRUs . . . . . .
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Removing the scalability tray . . . . . . . .
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Installing the scalability tray . . . . . . . .
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Installing the 2-node Scalability card . . . . .
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