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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
FBDIMM slot numbering ................................................................................................................. 10
Mezzanine connector definitions ..................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
System maintenance switch procedures ............................................................................................ 11
Hard drive backplane components ............................................................................................................ 12
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 13
Operations................................................................................................................................. 14
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 14
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 15
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 15
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 16
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 17
Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 17
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 17
Installing interconnect modules .................................................................................................................. 17
Interconnect device mapping .......................................................................................................... 18
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 18
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 23
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 23
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 24
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 24
Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive option .................................................................................................... 24
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 25
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 32
Memory configurations................................................................................................................... 32
FBDIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................ 32
Installing FBDIMMs ........................................................................................................................ 35
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 36
HP Smart Array P400i Controller battery pack ............................................................................................ 37
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 39
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 39
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 39
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 39
Accessing local media devices ........................................................................................................ 40
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 42
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 42
Software drivers and additional components..................................................................................... 42
HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management ............................................................................... 42
Network-based PXE deployment ...................................................................................................... 43
Deployment methods...................................................................................................................... 44