Datasheet

IBM United States Hardware Announcement 110-015 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
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Planning information
Customer responsibilities
IBM BladeCenter H Chassis
This product is designated as customer setup. Customer setup instructions are
shipped with the product.
Configuration information
IBM BladeCenter H Chassis configuration
A control panel located on the right side of the unit contains the following status
LEDs:
Power good
Chassis location
Over temperature
Information
General fault
Two USB ports are located at the bottom right of the control panel, and a blank
bezel insert for installation of a DVD drive. An optional USB-attached 1.44 MB
diskette drive is available.
Four power modules are front loading for serviceability.
The rear housing contains:
Two hot-swap, redundant blower assemblies in the center, mounted one on top of
the other
Ten I/O module bays
One standard management module for KVM/Management and one additional
management module bay
Rack installations
The IBM BladeCenter H Chassis 9 U rack-drawer enclosure is designed to be installed
in a 19-inch rack cabinet designed for 28-inch deep devices, such as the NetBAY42
ER, IBM S2 42U SR, IBM S2 25U SR, or NetBAY11.
If you choose not to use an IBM rack:
The rack must meet EIA-310-D standards for mounting flanges and hole locations.
The front to rear distance of the mounting flanges must be between 698.5 mm
and 762 mm (27.5 and 30 inches).
The thickness of the mounting flanges must be between 1.9 mm and 3 mm.
The mounting flanges must have either 7.1-mm (.28-in) diameter holes or 9.6-
mm (.38-in) square holes on the standard EIA hole spacing.
The rack must have a minimum depth of 70 mm (2.76 in) between the front
mounting flange and inside of the front door for appropriate cooling.
The rack must have a minimum depth of 157 mm (6.2 in) between the rear
mounting flange and inside of the rear door to install the server and make space
for cable management.
The minimum side-to-side clearance in the rack between the front and rear
mounting flanges must be 467 mm (18.2 in) to accommodate the width of the
server and the slide mounting brackets.
The minimum side-to-side clearance in the rack between each door and the
mounting flanges must be 484 mm (19.1 in) to accommodate the slide mounting
brackets.