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Installation guidelines, Chapter, Installing – IBM Nortel 10 User Manual

Page 19: Removing, Switch, Module, Installation, Guidelines

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Chapter

2.

Installing

and

removing

the

GbE

switch

module

See

the

Installation

and

User’s

Guide

for

your

BladeCenter

unit

for

information

about

the

I/O-module

bay

locations

in

the

BladeCenter

unit

and

specific

requirements

for

installing

I/O

modules

in

your

BladeCenter

unit.

Attention:

To

maintain

proper

system

cooling,

each

I/O-module

bay

must

contain

either

a

module

or

a

filler

module;

each

blade

bay

must

contain

either

a

blade

or

a

filler

blade.

The

BladeCenter

unit

supports

one

hot-plug

GbE

switch

module,

in

I/O-module

bay

1.

The

GbE

switch

module

in

I/O-module

bays

1

and

2

are

for

the

integrated

Ethernet

controllers

in

the

appropriate

blade

servers.

You

might

want

to

install

GbE

switch

modules

in

other

I/O-module

bays

of

the

BladeCenter

unit

when

additional

Ethernet

controllers

are

installed

or

activated.

For

additional

information

about

the

location

of

the

GbE

switch

module,

the

network

interface

requirements,

and

expansion

options,

see

the

documentation

for

your

BladeCenter

unit

and

your

blade

servers.

Installation

guidelines

Before

you

begin

to

install

the

GbE

switch

module

in

the

BladeCenter

unit,

read

the

following

information:

v

Read

the

safety

information

beginning

on

page

v

and

the

guidelines

in

“Handling

static-sensitive

devices”

on

page

10,

and

read

the

safety

statements

in

the

BladeCenter

unit

documents.

v

Orange

on

the

release

latch

on

the

GbE

switch

module

indicates

that

the

device

can

be

hot-swapped,

which

means

that

you

can

install

or

remove

this

component

while

the

BladeCenter

unit

is

on.

See

the

instructions

in

this

chapter

for

more

information

about

installing

or

removing

hot-swap

or

hot-plug

components.

v

You

do

not

have

to

turn

off

the

BladeCenter

unit

to

install

or

replace

any

of

the

hot-swap

modules

on

the

rear

of

the

unit.

v

If

you

plan

to

install

a

GbE

switch

module

in

I/O-module

bay

3

or

4

of

the

BladeCenter

unit,

you

must

also

install

an

I/O

expansion

card

in

the

blade

server

to

support

the

GbE

switch

modules

in

these

bays.

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

2006

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