Blade Link - HP Integrity BL860c i2 User's & Service Manual

The ICH mezzanine board
The hard disk drives
Remove these items from the replacement base unit and place them on the defective base unit for
protection during return shipment:
Item
Protective processor covers
Mezzanine covers
Backplane connector covers
After replacing the system board and server blades:
IMPORTANT:
default. If the server blade RAID controller was in RAID mode before replacement, you must change
the mode using the saupdate utility before booting the OS. See
Controller" (page 133)
Be sure that that the firmware on all conjoined blades matches
firmware revisions" (page
Be sure that the Stable storage info has transferred using the sysset command from the
MP/iLO 3 TUI (CLI).

Blade Link

Conjoining server blades using the Blade Link enables four (BL870c i2) and eight (BL890c i2)
socket server blade variants.
In a conjoined configuration, one of the BL860c i2 Server Blades becomes the master blade, also
referred to as the Monarch blade. The Monarch server blade is in the lowest numbered enclosure
bay, communication to the conjoined server blade is done through the Monarch blade.
Conjoined configurations can be upgraded after the initial installation, see
configuration" (page 66)
Each Blade Link includes a trap door for the label carrier. To access the label carrier:
1. Locate the indentation on the upper-right corner of the access door.
(" ICH mezzanine board" (page
("Disk drives" (page
Replacement server blades are shipped with the RAID controller in HBA mode by
for instructions on using the saupdate utility.
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for more information on server blade upgrades.
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Quantity
2
4
2
"Configuring a Smart Array
("Determining your current
"Upgrading a conjoined
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