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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

Mezzanine connector definitions ..................................................................................................... 10

DIMM slots ................................................................................................................................... 10

System maintenance switch............................................................................................................. 10

Local I/O cable ...................................................................................................................................... 11

Operations................................................................................................................................. 12

Power up the server blade........................................................................................................................ 12

Power down the server blade.................................................................................................................... 12

Remove the server blade .......................................................................................................................... 13

Remove the access panel.......................................................................................................................... 13

Install the access panel............................................................................................................................. 14

Setup......................................................................................................................................... 15

Overview ............................................................................................................................................... 15

Installing an HP BladeSystem c-Class enclosure ........................................................................................... 15

Installing server blade options................................................................................................................... 15

Installing interconnect modules.................................................................................................................. 15

Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping.............................................................................. 16

Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 16

Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 16

Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 18

Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 19

Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19

Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 19

Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 20

Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 26

Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 26

DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 26

DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 27

Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 27

Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 28

HP Smart Array E200i Battery-Backed Write Cache module option................................................................ 29

Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 33

Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 33

Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 33

Accessing a server blade with local KVM .........................................................................................33

Accessing a server blade with local media devices ............................................................................ 34

Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 36

Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 36