Hot-Pluggable Components

A component is defined as hot-pluggable if you can remove it from the chassis while the server remains operational. Software intervention is required prior to removing a hot-pluggable component.

NOTE: Hot-pluggable components are marked with red touch points.

The following are hot-pluggable components:

•Disk drives

•PCI/PCI-X/PCIe cards

Cold-Swappable Components

To remove and replace cold-swappable components, or components that are neither hot-swappable nor hot-pluggable, shut down the operating system and power off the server. For complete instructions on shutting down the operating system and powering off the server, see Chapter 4 (page 123).

NOTE: Cold-swappable components are marked with blue touch points.

The following are cold-swappable components:

•Front bezel

•DVD drive

•Memory carrier assembly

•Memory DIMMs

•Processor board assembly

•Dual-core processors

•I/O board assembly

•System battery

•I/O voltage regulator module

•Trusted Platform Module

•PCI/PCI-X card divider

•Core I/O board

•Core I/O board battery

•SAS core I/O card

•LAN core I/O card

•Doorbell board

•Display board

•SAS backplane board

•Interconnect board

•Midplane board

Accessing a Rack-Installed Server

The following procedure explains how to gain access to the HP Integrity rx3600 that is installed in an approved rack. For rack installation instructions, review the document titled Installation Guide, Mid-Weight Slide Kit, 5065-7291. You can access this document at:

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