IBM Nortel 10 manual Installing and removing the GbE switch module, Installation guidelines

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:

vRead 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.

vOrange 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.

vYou 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.

vIf 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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