Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX924 S4 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual page 8

Contents
4.4 Removing a server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4.1 Preliminary steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
4.4.2 Removing the server blade from the system unit . . . . . . . . . 54
4.5 Opening the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
4.6 Closing the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
4.7 Installing the server blade in the system unit . . . . . . . . . 57
4.8 Switching on the server blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
4.9 Concluding software tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
4.10 Closing the rack door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
4.10.1 Closing the rack door of a PRIMECENTER rack . . . . . . . . . 62
4.10.2 Closing the rack door of a PRIMECENTER M1 rack . . . . . . . 62
5 Basic software procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1 Starting the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.1 Launching a video redirection to a server blade . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2 Checking the server blade status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.1 Checking the server blade status via management blade
web interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
5.1.2.2 Checking the server blade status via iRMC . . . . . . . . . . 64
5.1.3 Saving BIOS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.4 Saving iRMC settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
5.1.5 Connecting virtual media to the managed server blade . . . . . 65
5.1.6 Disabling BitLocker functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
5.1.7 Disabling boot watchdog functionality
5.1.7.1 Viewing boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
5.1.7.2 Configuring boot watchdog settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
5.1.8 Verifying and configuring the backup software solution . . . . . . 69
5.1.9 Note on server maintenance in a Multipath I/O environment . . . 70
5.1.10 Switching on the ID indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
5.2 Completing the maintenance task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
5.2.1 Updating or recovering the system board BIOS and iRMC . . . . 73
5.2.1.1 Updating or recovering the system board BIOS . . . . . . . . 73
5.2.1.2 Updating or recovering the iRMC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
5.2.2 Restoring BIOS settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.3 Restoring iRMC settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.4 Updating mezzanine card firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
5.2.5 Enabling Option ROM scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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