Document Outline

• HP BladeSystem p-Class Enclosure Installation Guide
• Notice
• Contents
• Planning the installation
  • Rack requirements
  • Warnings, cautions, and importants
  • Space and airflow requirements
  • Temperature requirements
  • Power requirements
  • Grounding requirements
• Installing HP BladeSystem p-Class enclosures
  • Installation overview
  • Measuring with the rack template
  • Installing the rack rails and cage nuts
    • Installing the HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosure rack rails
    • Installing the rack rails (3U power supply and server blade enclosures)
    • Installing the cage nuts
  • Installing HP BladeSystem p-Class enclosures into the rack
    • Installing HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosures
    • Identifying HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Supply Enclosure bays
    • Installing an HP BladeSystem 1U Power Supply
    • Installing HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Enclosures
    • Identifying HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Enclosure bays
    • Installing an HP BladeSystem 3U Power Supply
    • Installing HP BladeSystem p-Class Server Blade Enclosures
  • Installing interconnects
    • Installing HP BladeSystem interconnect modules and RJ-45 patch panels
    • Installing HP BladeSystem interconnect modules and interconnect switches
• Cabling and powering up the system
  • System cabling overview
  • Identifying HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosure components
  • Identifying HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Enclosure and Server Blade Enclosure components
  • Installing power distribution devices
    • Installing a scalable bus bar kit
    • Installing a mini bus bar kit
    • Installing a power bus box
    • Installing the power connectors
  • Cabling the management modules
    • Management cabling guidelines
    • Additional guidelines for a 42U solution
    • Connecting the management module cables
    • Connecting the HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Management Link Cable
    • Connecting to iLO
  • Cabling the network to the system
  • Connecting the HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U DC power cable to the server blade enclosure
  • Connecting power cables to a mini bus bar
    • Removing the mini bus bar cover
    • Connecting power cables to the mini bus bar
    • Replacing the mini bus bar cover
    • Securing the mini bus bars
  • Connecting power cables to a scalable bus bar
    • Removing the scalable bus bar covers
    • Connecting power cables to the scalable bus bar
    • Replacing the scalable bus bar cover
    • Securing the scalable bus bars
    • Connecting the load-balancing signal cable
  • Connecting facility DC power to the power distribution bus bars
  • Installing the cable bracket
  • Configuration examples
    • Scalable bus bar configuration example
    • Two mini bus bar configuration example
    • Redundant mini bus bar configuration example
    • Full rack 42U solution with two pairs of mini bus bars
    • Configuring the Dynamic Power Saver
  • Powering up the system
    • Powering up the system (HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosure)
    • Powering up the system (HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Enclosure)
    • Powering up the system (facility DC)
  • Completing the installation
• LEDs, buttons, and switches
  • LEDs
    • Server blade enclosure LEDs
    • Server blade management module LEDs
    • Power management module LEDs
    • HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Enclosure LEDs
    • HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Enclosure LEDs
    • HP BladeSystem p-Class 1U Power Supply LEDs
    • HP BladeSystem p-Class 3U Power Supply LEDs
  • Buttons and switches
    • Reset and UID buttons
    • Power configuration switches
• Troubleshooting
  • Troubleshooting resources
  • Important safety information
    • Symbols on equipment
    • Warnings and cautions
• Regulatory compliance notices
  • Regulatory compliance identification numbers
  • Federal Communications Commission notice
    • FCC rating label
    • Class A equipment
    • Class B equipment
  • Declaration of conformity for products marked with the FCC logo, United States only
  • Modifications
  • Cables
  • Canadian notice (Avis Canadien)
  • European Union regulatory notice
  • Japanese notice
  • Power cord statement for Japan
  • BSMI notice
  • Korean notice A&B
  • Laser compliance
  • Battery replacement notice
  • Taiwan battery recycling notice
• Electrostatic discharge
  • Preventing electrostatic discharge
  • Grounding methods to prevent electrostatic discharge
• Technical support
  • Before you contact HP
  • HP contact information
• Acronyms and abbreviations
• Index