HP ProLiant BL20p G4 Server-Blade - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Server blade components ........................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs.............................................................................................................................. 7
Rear panel components .................................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs......................................................................................................... 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations....................................................................................... 9
Internal components....................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 11
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 12
Server blade enclosure bay numbering ...................................................................................................... 12
iLO 2 connections ................................................................................................................................... 13
Server blade enclosure compatibility.......................................................................................................... 13
Operations................................................................................................................................. 15
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 15
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 15
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 16
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 16
Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 17
Remove the air baffle............................................................................................................................... 17
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 19
Installing the HP BladeSystem components .................................................................................................. 19
Verifying system components .................................................................................................................... 19
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 19
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 19
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 20
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 20
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 21
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 21
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 26
FBDIMM guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 26
Single- and dual-rank FBDIMMs....................................................................................................... 26
Installing FBDIMMs ........................................................................................................................ 27
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 27
Multifunction network adapter option ......................................................................................................... 29
Fibre Channel mezzanine option............................................................................................................... 30
Interconnect options................................................................................................................................. 31
HP Smart Array Battery-Backed Write Cache Enabler option......................................................................... 31
Local I/O cabling ....................................................................................................................... 33
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 33
Local administration using iLO 2 ............................................................................................................... 33
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 34
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 34