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HP ProLiant BL480c Server-Blade User Manual

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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