Best practices for replacing components....................................................................................69
During replacement of the failed component..........................................................................69
Accessing component replacement videos.............................................................................69
Identifying the spare part....................................................................................................70
Replaceable parts...................................................................................................................70
Hot, warm, and cold swap components.....................................................................................73
Preventing electrostatic discharge..............................................................................................73
Verifying component failure......................................................................................................73
Verifying proper operation.......................................................................................................74
Wait times for hard disks.........................................................................................................74
Removing the system enclosure from the rack..............................................................................75
Inserting the system enclosure into the rack.................................................................................76
Removing and replacing the server interposer board...................................................................76
Removing and replacing the midplane board.............................................................................78
Removing and replacing a SAS cable .......................................................................................81
Removing and replacing the SAS I/O module............................................................................81
Removing and replacing the fan module....................................................................................83
Removing and replacing the power UID button assembly.............................................................84
Removing and replacing the power supply.................................................................................85
Removing and replacing the HP Ethernet I/O module..................................................................86
Removing and replacing the PCIe module (with card)..................................................................87
Removing and replacing the EMU module.................................................................................89
Removing and replacing the server blade backplane...................................................................90
Removing and replacing the server airflow baffle........................................................................92
Removing and replacing the front bezel (standard)......................................................................93
Removing and replacing the front bezel (full)..............................................................................95
Removing and replacing the front LED display board in the rack (standard)....................................96
Removing and replacing the front LED display board (full)............................................................97
Removing and replacing a drive drawer....................................................................................99
Removing and replacing the drive drawer hard drive.................................................................104
Removing and replacing the drive drawer rails (side or bottom)..................................................106
Removing and replacing the enclosure rails..............................................................................111
Removing and replacing the rack rails.....................................................................................116
Removing and replacing server blades....................................................................................116
Removing and replacing the server blade hard drive.................................................................117
Removing and replacing the 1210m controller board components...............................................119
Removing and replacing the 1210m cache module...............................................................121
Removing and replacing the capacitor pack........................................................................124
Removing and replacing the Mezzanine NIC...........................................................................126
8 Messaging system recovery......................................................................128
System Recovery DVD...........................................................................................................128
Restoring the factory image with a DVD or USB flash device.......................................................128
Using a USB flash drive for messaging system recovery..............................................................128
Managing disks after a system restoration................................................................................129
Restoration in nonproduction environments..........................................................................130
Restoration in production environments................................................................................130
9 Support and other resources....................................................................131
Contacting HP......................................................................................................................131
HP technical support........................................................................................................131
Subscription service..........................................................................................................131
Related information...............................................................................................................131
HP websites....................................................................................................................131
Microsoft websites............................................................................................................132
Rack stability........................................................................................................................132
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