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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 7
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs................................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 8
System board components..........................................................................................................................9
Mezzanine connector definitions ..................................................................................................... 10
DIMM slots ................................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable..................................................................................................................... 11
Operations................................................................................................................................. 12
Power up the server blade........................................................................................................................ 12
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 12
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 14
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 14
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 15
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 15
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 15
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 15
Installing interconnect modules.................................................................................................................. 15
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping.............................................................................. 16
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 17
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 18
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 19
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 20
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 20
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 20
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 21
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 27
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 27
DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 27
DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 28
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 28
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 29
HP Smart Array E200i Battery-Backed Write Cache module option................................................................ 30
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 34
Using the HP c-Class Blade SUV Cable ...................................................................................................... 34
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 34
Accessing a server blade with local KVM .........................................................................................34
Accessing a server blade with local media devices ............................................................................ 35
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 37
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 37
