Installing The Blade Server In An Intel® Blade Server Chassis Sbce - Intel SBXD62 - Server Compute Blade Installation And User Manual

Installing the Blade Server in an Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE
The following illustration shows how to install the blade server into a typical Intel® Blade
Server Chassis SBCE.
To install a blade server in a Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE, complete the following
steps.
Important: Hazardous energy is present when the blade server is connected to the power source.
Always replace the blade cover before installing the blade server.
1. Read the safety information beginning on
Information"
sensitive Devices" on page 16
2. If you have not done so already, install any options that you want, such as SAS drives
or memory, in the blade server.
3. Select the bay for the blade server.
a. If the blade server has an expansion unit installed on it, the blade server and
expansion option require two adjacent bays.
b. When any blade server or option is in blade bay 7 through 14 in a Intel® Blade
Server Chassis SBCE, power modules must be present in all four power-module
bays.
c. To help ensure proper cooling, performance, and system reliability, make sure that
each of the blade bays on the front of the Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE has a
blade server, expansion unit, or filler blade installed. Do not operate the system
unit without either a blade server, expansion unit, or filler blade installed in each
blade bay for more than 1 minute for a Intel® Blade Server Chassis SBCE.
4. Make sure that the release handles on the blade server are in the open position
(perpendicular to the blade server).
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and "Installation Guidelines" on page 15
Notes:
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