Chapter 3. Installing The Blade Server In The Bladecenter Unit - IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 3. Installing the blade server in the BladeCenter unit

If you have options to install in the blade server, go to Chapter 7, "Installing and
removing options and customer-replaceable units," on page 31 for instructions;
then, return here. Otherwise, continue with the instructions in this chapter.
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 varies
v To help ensure proper cooling, performance, and system reliability, do not
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.
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blade bays, see the BladeCenter Type 8677 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.
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 Eserver BladeCenter Power Module Upgrade Guidelines
Technical Update.
operate 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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