Installing A Blade; Removing And Installing A Sleeve; Removing The Sleeve - Dell PowerEdge M1000E BMX01 Owner's Manual

2. release button
3. blade
4. guide rail on enclosure
5. guide rail on blade (or blade blank)

Installing A Blade

1. If you are installing a new blade, remove the plastic cover from the I/O connector(s) and save for future use.
2. Orient the blade so that the blade handle is on the left side of the blade.
CAUTION: If you are installing a full-height blade in bays 3 or 4 or a half-height blade in bays 11 or 12, rotate the
LCD module to the horizontal storage position to prevent accidental damage to the LCD screen.
3. To install a full-height blade or a half-height blade in bays 1 through 8, align the guide rail on the upper edge of the
blade so that the rail fits between the plastic guides on the enclosure.
4. To install a half-height blade in one of the eight lower bays (bays 9 through 16), align the edge of the blade with the
guide rail on the floor of the M1000e enclosure.
5. Slide the blade into the enclosure until the handle engages and locks the blade in place.

Removing And Installing A Sleeve

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your
warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
• Before you remove or install a sleeve in the enclosure, ensure that the top slot (Blade a) of the sleeve is empty.
• You can remove or install a sleeve in the enclosure with blades or blade blanks installed in the slots Blade b,
Blade c, and Blade d.

Removing The Sleeve

1. Power down the blades in the sleeve using operating system commands or the CMC.
When a blade is powered off, its front-panel power indicator is off.
CAUTION: Before removing a sleeve from slots 3 or 4 of the enclosure, rotate the LCD panel to the storage position
to prevent accidental damage to the LCD screen.
2. Remove the blade from the top slot (Blade a) of the sleeve.
CAUTION: If you are permanently removing a sleeve from the enclosure, install two half-height blade blanks.
Operating the system for extended periods of time without blade blanks installed can cause the enclosure to
overheat.
3. Pull the sleeve handle to release the sleeve from the locked position.
4. Push down on the sleeve handle and slide the sleeve out of the enclosure.
CAUTION: To protect the I/O connector pins at the back of the sleeve, install the I/O connector covers any time a
sleeve is removed from the enclosure.
5. Install the cover on the sleeve handle.
6. Install the I/O connector covers over the I/O connectors on the sleeve.
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