IBM QS21 User Guide - Page 35
Installing, removing, replaceable, units
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Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units This chapter provides instructions for replacing units on the blade server. Replaceable units are components, such as memory modules, and I/O expansion cards. Some removal instructions are provided in case you need to replace one replaceable with another. You can replace the following items: v Battery v Front bezel assembly (control panel) v Blade server cover You can add or remove the following optional items: v Cisco 4X Infiniband Expansion Card for IBM BladeCenter v InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) v I/O buffer DDR2 memory modules v SAS expansion card v BladeCenter Expansion unit Note: If you wish to install the InfiniBand 4X DDR Expansion Card (CFFh) you must install Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2 or higher. Installation guidelines Before you begin, read the following: v Read the safety information beginning on page vii and the guidelines in "Handling static-sensitive devices" on page 20. This information will help you work safely with the blade server and components. v You do not have to turn off the blade server or disconnect the BladeCenter unit from power to install or replace any of the hot-swappable modules on the rear of the BladeCenter unit. v Before you remove a hot-swappable blade server from the BladeCenter unit, you must shut down the operating system on it by typing the shutdown -h now command or choosing the shut down option from your GUI. See "Turning off the blade server" on page 10 for details. You do not have to shut down the BladeCenter unit itself. v Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the component to remove it from or install it in the blade server or BladeCenter unit, open or close a latch, and so on. v Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component indicates that the component can be hot-swapped. You can remove or install the component while the blade server or BladeCenter unit is running providing the blade server or BladeCenter unit and operating system support the hot-swappable capability. Orange can also indicate touch points on hot-swappable components. See the instructions for removing or installing a specific hot-swappable component for any additional procedures that you might have to perform before you remove or install the component. System reliability guidelines To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that: v The ventilation holes on the blade server are not blocked. © Copyright IBM Corp. 2006, 2008 19