HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade Maintenance and Service Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant BL680c G7 Server Blade Maintenance and Service Guide
- Abstract
- Notice
- Contents
- Customer self repair
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Required tools
- Safety considerations
- Server blade preparation
- Access panel (A-side)
- Access panel (B-side)
- Left DIMM baffle
- Right DIMM baffle
- DIMM (A-side)
- DIMM (B-side)
- Mezzanine connector cover (A-side)
- Mezzanine connector cover (B-side)
- Heatsink blank
- Mezzanine card (A-side)
- Mezzanine card (B-side)
- Hard drive blank
- Hard drive
- Front panel/hard drive cage assembly (A-side)
- Front panel/hard drive cage assembly (B-side)
- Battery-backed write cache procedures
- Interposer board
- Heatsink (A-side)
- Heatsink (B-side)
- Processor (A-side)
- Processor (B-side)
- System board (A-side)
- System board (B-side)
- System battery
- Server blade release lever
- Release button
- HP Trusted Platform Module
- Diagnostic tools
- Server component identification
- Cabling
- Specifications
- Acronyms and abbreviations
- Index

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Contents
Customer self repair ...................................................................................................................... 5
Parts only warranty service ............................................................................................................................ 5
Illustrated parts catalog ............................................................................................................... 16
Server blade components (A-side) ................................................................................................................ 16
Server blade components (B-side)................................................................................................................. 22
Removal and replacement procedures ........................................................................................... 27
Required tools ............................................................................................................................................ 27
Safety considerations .................................................................................................................................. 27
Preventing electrostatic discharge ...................................................................................................... 27
Server blade warnings and cautions .................................................................................................. 27
Symbols on equipment ...................................................................................................................... 28
Server blade preparation ............................................................................................................................ 28
Power down the server blade ............................................................................................................ 28
Remove the server blade ................................................................................................................... 29
Installing a server blade .................................................................................................................... 30
Access panel (A-side).................................................................................................................................. 31
Access panel (B-side) .................................................................................................................................. 32
Left DIMM baffle ........................................................................................................................................ 32
Right DIMM baffle ...................................................................................................................................... 33
DIMM (A-side) ........................................................................................................................................... 34
DIMM (B-side) ............................................................................................................................................ 35
Mezzanine connector cover (A-side)............................................................................................................. 36
Mezzanine connector cover (B-side) ............................................................................................................. 37
Heatsink blank ........................................................................................................................................... 37
Mezzanine card (A-side) ............................................................................................................................. 38
Mezzanine card (B-side) ............................................................................................................................. 39
Hard drive blank ........................................................................................................................................ 41
Hard drive ................................................................................................................................................. 41
Front panel/hard drive cage assembly (A-side) ............................................................................................. 42
Front panel/hard drive cage assembly (B-side) .............................................................................................. 43
Battery-backed write cache procedures ......................................................................................................... 44
Removing the cache module .............................................................................................................. 44
Removing the battery or capacitor pack .............................................................................................. 45
Recovering data from the battery-backed write cache .......................................................................... 47
Interposer board ........................................................................................................................................ 47
Heatsink (A-side) ........................................................................................................................................ 48
Heatsink (B-side)......................................................................................................................................... 50
Processor (A-side) ....................................................................................................................................... 52
Processor (B-side) ....................................................................................................................................... 58
System board (A-side) ................................................................................................................................. 64
System board (B-side) ................................................................................................................................. 73
System battery ........................................................................................................................................... 82
Server blade release lever ........................................................................................................................... 83
Release button ........................................................................................................................................... 84
HP Trusted Platform Module......................................................................................................................... 85










