Before sending in the system board and server blade for replacement, remove the following components:
•The processor and heatsink module (“ CPU and heatsink module” (page 111))
•The processor air baffle (“ CPU baffle” (page 110))
•The DIMMs (“DIMMs” (page 109))
•The DIMM baffle (“DIMM baffle” (page 108))
•The Smart Array Supercap Pack (“Installing the Supercap Pack” (page 53))
•The Mezzanine cards (“Mezzanine cards” (page 115))
•The ICH mezzanine board (“ ICH mezzanine board” (page 116))
•The hard disk drives (“Disk drives” (page 107))
Remove these items from the replacement base unit and place them on the defective base unit for protection during return shipment:
Item | Quantity |
Protective processor covers | 2 |
Mezzanine covers | 4 |
Backplane connector covers | 2 |
After replacing the system board and server blades:
IMPORTANT: Replacement server blades are shipped with the RAID controller in HBA mode by default. If the server blade RAID controller was in RAID mode before replacement, you must change the mode using the saupdate utility before booting the OS. See “Configuring a Smart Array Controller” (page 125) for instructions on using the saupdate utility.
•Be sure that that the firmware on all conjoined blades matches (“Determining your current firmware revisions” (page 56)).
•Be sure that the Stable storage info has transferred using the sysset command from the MP/iLO 3 TUI (CLI).
Blade Link
Conjoining server blades using the Blade Link enables four (BL870c i4) and eight (BL890c i4) socket server blade variants.
In a conjoined configuration, one of the BL860c i4 Server Blades becomes the master blade, also referred to as the Monarch blade. The Monarch server blade is in the lowest numbered enclosure bay, communication to the conjoined server blade is done through the Monarch blade.
Conjoined configurations can be upgraded after the initial installation, see “Upgrading a conjoined configuration” (page 54) for more information on server blade upgrades.
Each Blade Link includes a trap door for the label carrier. To access the label carrier:
1.Locate the indentation on the
Blade Link 117
