IBM HC10 - BladeCenter - 7996 Service Manual - Chapter

Chapter

4.

Removing

and

replacing

blade

workstation

components

Replaceable

components

are

of

three

types:

v

Tier

1

customer

replaceable

unit

(CRU):

Replacement

of

Tier

1

CRUs

is

your

responsibility.

If

IBM

installs

a

Tier

1

CRU

at

your

request,

you

will

be

charged

for

the

installation.

v

Tier

2

customer

replaceable

unit:

You

may

install

a

Tier

2

CRU

yourself

or

request

IBM

to

install

it,

at

no

additional

charge,

under

the

type

of

warranty

that

is

designated

for

your

server.

v

Field

replaceable

unit

(FRU):

FRUs

must

be

installed

only

by

trained

service

technicians.

See

Chapter

3,

“Parts

listing,

Type

7996,”

on

page

11

to

determine

whether

a

component

is

a

Tier

1

CRU,

Tier

2

CRU,

or

FRU.

For

information

about

the

terms

of

the

warranty

and

getting

service

and

assistance,

see

the

Warranty

and

Support

Information

document.

Installation

guidelines

Before

you

remove

or

replace

a

component,

read

the

following

information:

v

Read

the

safety

information

that

begins

on

page

vii

and

the

guidelines

in

“Handling

static-sensitive

devices”

on

page

15.

This

information

will

help

you

work

safely.

v

When

you

install

your

new

blade

workstation,

take

the

opportunity

to

download

and

apply

the

most

recent

firmware

updates.

This

step

will

help

to

ensure

that

any

known

issues

are

addressed

and

that

your

blade

workstation

is

ready

to

function

at

maximum

levels

of

performance.

To

download

the

latest

firmware,

complete

the

following

steps.

Note:

Changes

are

made

periodically

to

the

IBM

Web

site.

The

actual

procedure

might

vary

slightly

from

what

is

described

in

this

document.

1.

Go

to

http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/.

2.

Under

Product

support,

click

BladeCenter.

3.

Under

Popular

links,

click

Software

and

device

drivers.

4.

Click

BladeCenter

HC10

Type

7996

to

display

the

matrix

of

downloadable

files

for

the

BladeCenter

product.

v

Observe

good

housekeeping

in

the

area

where

you

are

working.

Place

removed

covers

and

other

parts

in

a

safe

place.

v

Back

up

all

important

data

before

you

make

changes

to

disk

drives.

v

Before

you

remove

a

blade

workstation

from

the

BladeCenter

unit,

you

must

shut

down

the

operating

system

and

turn

off

the

blade

workstation.

You

do

not

have

to

shut

down

the

BladeCenter

unit

itself.

v

Blue

on

a

component

indicates

touch

points,

where

you

can

grip

the

component

to

remove

it

from

or

install

it

in

the

blade

workstation,

open

or

close

a

latch,

and

so

on.

v

Orange

on

a

component

or

an

orange

label

on

or

near

a

component

indicates

that

the

component

can

be

hot-swapped,

which

means

that

if

the

server

and

operating

system

support

hot-swap

capability,

you

can

remove

or

install

the

component

while

the

server

is

running.

(Orange

can

also

indicate

touch

points

on

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Copyright

IBM

Corp.

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