Chapter 7. Installing And Removing Options And Customer-Replaceable Units; Installation Guidelines; System Reliability Guidelines - IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 Type 8842 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 7. Installing and removing options and
customer-replaceable units
This chapter provides instructions for adding options or customer-replaceable units
(CRUs) to the blade server. CRUs are customer-replaceable components, such as
memory modules, hard disk drives, and I/O expansion cards. (Some removal
instructions are provided in case you need to remove one option or CRU to install
another.)

Installation guidelines

Before you begin, read the following information:
v Read the safety information beginning on page vii and the guidelines in "Handling
v Read the information in "Preinstallation checklist" on page 7.
v Back up all important data before you make changes to disk drives.
v Have a small flat-blade screwdriver and a Phillips screwdriver available.
v You do not have to turn off the blade server or disconnect the BladeCenter unit
v Before you remove a hot-swap blade server from the BladeCenter unit, you must
v Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component
v Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component indicates
v For a list of supported options for the blade server, go to

System reliability guidelines

To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that:
v The ventilation holes on the blade server are not blocked.
v Each of the blade bays on the front of the BladeCenter unit has a blade server or
v You have followed the reliability guidelines in the documentation that comes with
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static-sensitive devices" on page 32. This information will help you work safely
with the blade server and options.
from power to install or replace any of the hot-swap modules on the rear of the
BladeCenter unit.
shut down the operating system by typing the shutdown -h now command. If the
blade server was not turned off, press the power-control button (behind the
blade-server control-panel door) to turn off the blade server. You do not have to
shut down the BladeCenter unit itself.
to remove it from or install it in the blade server or BladeCenter unit, open or
close a latch, and so on.
that the component can be hot-swapped, which means that if the blade server or
BladeCenter unit and operating system support hot-swap capability, you can
remove or install the component while the blade server or BladeCenter unit is
running. (Orange can also indicate touch points on hot-swap components.) See
the instructions for removing or installing a specific hot-swap component for any
additional procedures that you might have to perform before you remove or
install the component.
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/.
filler blade installed. Do not operate the BladeCenter unit for more than 1 minute
without a blade server or filler blade installed in each blade bay.
the BladeCenter unit.
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