Table Of Contents - IBM eServer BladeCenter T8720 Installation And User Manual

Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Inventory Checklist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Features and specifications of the BladeCenter T Type 8720 unit . . . . . . . 5
Features and specifications of the BladeCenter T Type 8730 unit . . . . . . . 6
The IBM Eserver BladeCenter T Documentation CD . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Notices and statements used in this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What the BladeCenter T unit offers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Reliability, availability, and serviceability features
Major components of the BladeCenter T Types 8720 and 8730 . . . . . . . 12
Chapter 2. Setting up the BladeCenter T hardware
Rack installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Option installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Connecting the BladeCenter T unit to power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Starting the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Shutting down the BladeCenter T unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 3. Removing and installing BladeCenter T modules and options
Preinstallation steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing and installing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing and installing the bezel air filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Removing and installing power modules
Removing and installing the media tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing and installing management modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Removing and installing blower modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Removing and installing the KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) module . . . . . 40
Removing and installing the LAN module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
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Hardware and software requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Using the Documentation Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear view Type 8720
Rear view Type 8730
System reliability considerations
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Connecting the BladeCenter T type 8720 to dc power
Connecting the BladeCenter T type 8730 to ac power
Removing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Removing a power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing a power module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Removing the media tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing the media tray
Removing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Removing a blower module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing a blower module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing the KVM module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the KVM module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the LAN module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing the LAN module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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