HP ProLiant BL25p G2 Server-Blade - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Component identification............................................................................................................... 6
Front panel LEDs ....................................................................................................................................... 6
Front panel components ............................................................................................................................. 7
Rear panel components.............................................................................................................................. 8
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations ................................................................................................ 8
System board components.......................................................................................................................... 9
DIMM slot numbering..................................................................................................................... 10
System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10
Internal USB connector............................................................................................................................. 11
Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 11
Operations................................................................................................................................. 13
Power up the server blade ........................................................................................................................ 13
Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 13
Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 14
Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 14
Setup......................................................................................................................................... 16
Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 16
Installing the HP BladeSystem components .................................................................................................. 16
Verifying system components .................................................................................................................... 16
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 17
Server blade enclosure network connections ..................................................................................... 17
Server blade enclosure compatibility ................................................................................................ 17
iLO 2 connections.......................................................................................................................... 17
RJ-45 patch panel Ethernet connections ............................................................................................ 17
RJ-45 patch panel 2 FC connections................................................................................................. 18
Interconnect switch and FC connections............................................................................................ 19
Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 19
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 20
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 21
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 22
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 22
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 27
Memory option ....................................................................................................................................... 28
DIMM guidelines........................................................................................................................... 28
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 29
Fibre Channel mezzanine option............................................................................................................... 29
NIC mezzanine option............................................................................................................................. 30
Battery-Backed Write Cache Enabler option................................................................................................ 31
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 34
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 34
Local administration using iLO 2 ............................................................................................................... 34
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 35
Accessing a server blade with local KVM ......................................................................................... 35
Accessing local media devices ........................................................................................................ 36
Configuration and utilities............................................................................................................ 38
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 38
Software drivers and additional components..................................................................................... 38