Installing blades

The c7000 enclosure is divided into four quadrants by the vertical support metal work. Within each quadrant, a removable divider supports half-height blades. To install a full-height blade in any quadrant, this divider must be removed. Therefore, a quadrant can only contain either full-height blades or half-height blades.

CAUTION: Failure to install the divider in a quadrant when installing half-height blades can result in damage to the connectors on the server blades.

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Description

 

 

1

Blade Zone 1

2

Blade Zone 2

3

Blade Zone 3

4

Blade Zone 4

Storage blades and tape blades can be installed in the same quadrant as both full-height and half-height blades. A bracket ships with each SB40c Storage Blade that allows a half-height blade to be mounted on top of the storage blade.

The lower tape or storage blade cannot be removed without first removing the upper half-height blade.

Installing a full-height blade

The HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure ships with four device bay shelves to support half-height devices. To install a full-height device, remove the device bay shelf and the corresponding blanks.

To install a blade:

Installation 31