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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
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.................................................................................................................. 16
Interconnect bay numbering and device mapping.............................................................................. 16
Connecting to the network........................................................................................................................ 16
Installing a server blade ........................................................................................................................... 17
Completing the configuration.................................................................................................................... 18
Hardware options installation....................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................ 19
Hard drive option.................................................................................................................................... 19
Processor option...................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory options...................................................................................................................................... 25
Advanced ECC memory ................................................................................................................. 26
DIMM installation guidelines........................................................................................................... 26
DIMM population order.................................................................................................................. 26
Installing DIMMs ........................................................................................................................... 26
Mezzanine card option............................................................................................................................ 27
HP Smart Array E200i Battery-Backed Write Cache module option................................................................ 29
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 32
Using the local I/O cable......................................................................................................................... 32
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices.................................................................. 32
Accessing a server blade with local KVM .........................................................................................32
Accessing a server blade with local media devices ............................................................................ 33
Software and configuration utilities ............................................................................................... 35
Server blade deployment tools .................................................................................................................. 35
Software drivers and additional components..................................................................................... 35
HP BladeSystem c-Class Advanced management ............................................................................... 35
Network-based PXE deployment ...................................................................................................... 36
Deployment methods...................................................................................................................... 38