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Chapter 2. Installing and removing the GbE switch
module
See the Installation and User’s Guide for your BladeCenter unit for information
about the I/O-module bay locations in the BladeCenter unit and specific
requirements for installing I/O modules in your BladeCenter unit.
Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, each I/O-module bay must
contain either a module or a filler module; each blade bay must contain either
a blade or a filler blade.
The BladeCenter unit supports one hot-plug GbE switch module, in
I/O-module bay 1. The GbE switch module in I/O-module bays 1 and 2 are
for the integrated Ethernet controllers in the appropriate blade servers. You
might want to install GbE switch modules in other I/O-module bays of the
BladeCenter unit when additional Ethernet controllers are installed or
activated.
For additional information about the location of the GbE switch module, the
network interface requirements, and expansion options, see the documentation
for your BladeCenter unit and your blade servers.
Installation guidelines
Before you begin to install the GbE switch module in the BladeCenter unit,
read the following information:
v Read the safety information beginning on page v and the guidelines in
“Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 10, and read the safety
statements in the BladeCenter unit documents.
v Orange on the release latch on the GbE switch module indicates that the
device can be hot-swapped, which means that you can install or remove this
component while the BladeCenter unit is on. See the instructions in this
chapter for more information about installing or removing hot-swap or
hot-plug components.
v You do not have to turn off the BladeCenter unit to install or replace any of
the hot-swap modules on the rear of the unit.
v If you plan to install a GbE switch module in I/O-module bay 3 or 4 of the
BladeCenter unit, you must also install an I/O expansion card in the blade
server to support the GbE switch modules in these bays.
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