Chapter 2. Setting Up The Bladecenter T Hardware; Rack Installation Guidelines - IBM eServer BladeCenter T8720 Installation And User Manual

Chapter 2. Setting up the BladeCenter T hardware

This chapter provides instructions for setting up, connecting to system power,
starting, and shutting down the BladeCenter T unit.

Rack installation guidelines

Statement 20:
CAUTION:
To avoid personal injury, before lifting the unit, remove all the blades to
reduce the weight.
Statement 4:
≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb)
CAUTION:
Use safe practices when lifting.
Before you begin to install the BladeCenter T unit in a rack, read the following
information:
v Install the BladeCenter T unit in a rack before installing any blowers, power
v If your BladeCenter unit has blowers, power modules, or blade servers already
v Detailed instructions for installing and cabling a BladeCenter T unit in a rack are
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modules, or blade servers in the BladeCenter T unit.
installed, remove them first. See Chapter 3, "Removing and installing
BladeCenter T modules and options," on page 25 for detailed instructions on
removing these devices.
Important: Reinstalling a blade server into a different bay than the one from
which it was removed could have unintended consequences. Some configuration
information and update options are established according to bay number. You
might need to reconfigure the blade server.
in the rack installation instructions that come with the rack kits.
≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb) ≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb)
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