Installing The Blade Server In The Bladecenter Unit - IBM JS20 - BladeCenter - 8842 Installation And User Manual

Installing the blade server in the BladeCenter unit

The following illustration shows how to remove the blade server from a typical
BladeCenter unit.
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
v To maintain proper cooling, performance, and system reliability, do not operate
Attention:
the number of the bay that contains the blade server before you remove it. Then,
reinstall the blade server in the same bay from which it was removed. Reinstalling a
blade server into a different bay than the one from which it was removed could
have unintended consequences, such as incorrectly reconfiguring the blade server.
Some blade server configuration information and update options are established
according to bay number. If you reinstall the blade server into a different bay, you
might have to reconfigure the blade server.
blade bays, see the BladeCenter unit Installation and User's Guide.
server without removing power from the BladeCenter unit. However, you must
turn off the blade server before removing it from the BladeCenter unit.
depends on the BladeCenter unit type and varies 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 Technical Update for your
BladeCenter unit.
the BladeCenter unit for more than 1 minute without a blade server or filler blade
installed in each blade bay.
When you remove a filler blade from a blade bay in the BladeCenter unit so that
you can install a blade server, do not discard the filler blade. You will need the
filler blade if you ever remove the blade server. For future use, store the filler
blade in a static-protective environment, such as the static-protective package
that comes with the blade server.
If you plan to remove a blade server and reinstall it, be sure to note
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