Owner manual

Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
System board components.......................................................................................................................... 8
Mezzanine connector definitions ....................................................................................................... 8
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................... 9
System maintenance switch procedures .............................................................................................. 9
HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable..................................................................................................................... 10
Operations................................................................................................................................. 11
Power up the server blade........................................................................................................................ 11
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 11
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 12
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 12
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 13
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 14
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 14
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 14
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 14
Installing interconnect modules.................................................................................................................. 14
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping.............................................................................. 15
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 17
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 17
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 19
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 20
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 21
DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 21
DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 21
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 21
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 23
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 28
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Hard drive cabling .................................................................................................................................. 30
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ...................................................................................................... 30
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 30
Accessing a server blade with local KVM .........................................................................................31
Accessing a server blade with local media devices ............................................................................ 31
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 33
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 33
RBSU requirement for Linux deployment............................................................................................ 33
Software drivers and additional components..................................................................................... 33
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