Contents
Component identification ............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 6
System board components .......................................................................................................................... 7
Server A system board components ................................................................................................... 7
Server B system board components .................................................................................................... 8
DIMM slot numbering ....................................................................................................................... 8
System maintenance switch ............................................................................................................... 9
Access components ................................................................................................................................. 10
Operations ................................................................................................................................. 11
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 11
Power down the server blade .................................................................................................................... 11
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 12
Access the internal server components ....................................................................................................... 12
Remove the server B assembly ......................................................................................................... 12
Install the server B assembly ............................................................................................................ 13
Setup ......................................................................................................................................... 15
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 15
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 15
Installing server blade options ................................................................................................................... 15
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 15
Connecting to the network ........................................................................................................................ 17
Installing interconnect modules ........................................................................................................ 17
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping .............................................................................. 17
Completing the configuration .................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware options installation ....................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive option .................................................................................................................................... 19
Memory options ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Memory subsystem architecture ....................................................................................................... 23
Single-, dual-, and quad-rank DIMMs ............................................................................................... 23
DIMM identification ....................................................................................................................... 24
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................... 24
General DIMM slot population guidelines ......................................................................................... 25
Installing a DIMM .......................................................................................................................... 26
SD card adapter option ........................................................................................................................... 27
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 28
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 28
HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management ............................................................................... 28
Network-based PXE deployment ...................................................................................................... 28
Deployment methods ...................................................................................................................... 30
InfiniBand configuration ................................................................................................................. 33
Configuration tools ................................
.................................................................................................. 33
SmartStart software ........................................................................................................................ 33
