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Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Major components of the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Registering your BladeCenter QS22 blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Checking for software and firmware updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Using this book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
The Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 2. Power, controls, and indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System board internal and expansion card connectors . . . . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 3. Installing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Opening and removing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Removing the BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion Unit . . . . . . . . 22
Removing the blade-server front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Installing the optional modular flash drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Installing an optional high-speed expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Adding or changing system memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Adding or changing I/O buffer DDR2 memory modules . . . . . . . . . . 29
Installing the optional SAS expansion card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Input/output connectors and devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Chapter 5. Configuring the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Power configuration and power throttling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Boot support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Support for SAS storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Support for local storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Support for IBM Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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Installing the front bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Closing the blade server cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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