Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs................................................................................................................... 8
System board components.......................................................................................................................... 9
DIMM slots ................................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 12
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 12
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 13
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 14
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 15
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 15
Connecting to the network ........................................................................................................................ 16
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 16
Completing the configuration .................................................................................................................... 18
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 19
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 26
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 26
DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 27
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 27
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 28
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 33
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 33
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 36
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