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.