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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs................................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 8
System board components.......................................................................................................................... 9
Mezzanine connector definitions ..................................................................................................... 10
DIMM slots ................................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
System maintenance switch procedures ............................................................................................ 11
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Operations................................................................................................................................. 13
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 13
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 14
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 15
Remove the DIMM baffle.......................................................................................................................... 15
Install the DIMM baffle ............................................................................................................................. 15
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 17
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 17
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 17
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 17
Installing interconnect modules .................................................................................................................. 17
Interconnect device mapping .......................................................................................................... 18
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 18
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 23
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 23
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 24
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 24
Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive option .................................................................................................... 24
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 26
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 31
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 32
DIMM installation guidelines ........................................................................................................... 32
DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 32
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 32
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 33
HP Smart Array E200i Controller battery pack option .................................................................................. 34
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 37
SAS cable routing ................................................................................................................................... 37
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 37
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 37
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 38
Accessing local media devices ........................................................................................................ 38
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 40
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 40
