Contents
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Guidelines for trained technicians . . . . . . . . . iv
Inspecting for unsafe conditions . . . . . . . iv
Guidelines for servicing electrical equipment. . . v
Safety statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vi
Start here . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Diagnosing a problem . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Undocumented problems . . . . . . . . . xiv
Chapter 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . 1
Related documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Notices and statements in this document. . . . . . 2
Features and specifications . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Blade server controls and LEDs . . . . . . . . . 4
Turning on the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Turning off the blade server . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Blade server system-board layouts . . . . . . . . 7
Blade server connectors . . . . . . . . . . 7
System-board switch . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
System-board LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 2. Configuring the blade
server. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Using the Setup utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Setup utility menu . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Using the Boot Menu program . . . . . . . 15
Updating the Universal Unique Identifier
(UUID). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Updating the DMI/SMBIOS data . . . . . . 18
Using the ServerGuide Setup and Installation
CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ServerGuide features . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Setup and configuration overview . . . . . . 22
Installing the operating system . . . . . . . 22
Setting the PXE boot protocol using the Setup
utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Updating firmware and device drivers . . . . . . 23
Configuring UEFI compatible devices . . . . . . 24
Configuring the Gigabit Ethernet controller . . . . 25
Configuring a RAID array . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Using LAN over USB to interface the IMM2 . . . . 25
Potential conflicts with the LAN over USB
interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Resolving conflicts with the IMM2 LAN over
USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Configuring the LAN over USB interface
manually. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Chapter 3. Parts listing . . . . . . . . 29
Parts listing, Types 7875 and 1929 . . . . . . . 29
Consumable and structural parts . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing
blade server components . . . . . . . 37
Installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System reliability guidelines . . . . . . . . 38
Handling static-sensitive devices . . . . . . 38
Returning a device or component . . . . . . 38
Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter unit . . 39
Removing and replacing Tier 1 customer
replaceable units (CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing the battery. . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the battery . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Removing a hot-swap storage drive . . . . . 44
Installing a hot-swap storage drive . . . . . 44
Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . 45
Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . 47
Removing a USB Flash key . . . . . . . . 49
Installing a USB Flash key . . . . . . . . . 50
Removing an I/O expansion card . . . . . . 50
Installing an I/O expansion card. . . . . . . 53
Removing the control panel . . . . . . . . 55
Installing the control panel . . . . . . . . . 56
Removing a blade handle . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing a blade handle. . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing and replacing Tier 2 customer
replaceable units (CRUs) . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Removing an optional expansion unit . . . . 58
Installing an optional expansion unit . . . . . 59
Removing a microprocessor and heat sink . . 61
Installing a microprocessor and heat sink . . . 65
Thermal grease . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Removing the system-board assembly . . . . 71
Installing the system-board assembly . . . . 71
Removing and replacing consumable and
structural parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the blade server cover . . . . . . 72
Installing the blade server cover. . . . . . . 73
Removing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . 74
Installing the bezel assembly . . . . . . . . 75
Chapter 5. Diagnostics . . . . . . . . 77
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