Replacing a server blade
The hot-swappable feature of the Hitachi Compute Blade 500 series system
allows server blade replacement with the server chassis power ON. This
procedure describes how to replace a server blade when the server chassis
power is on.
Removing a half-wide server blade
1. Put on an anti-static wrist strap.
2. Connect Web console. See Web console login procedure on page 4-3
section.
3. Power the target server blade off. See Power down procedure on page
4-58 section.
4. Turn on LID LED for identifying the target blade. See
Identify LED (LID)
on/off procedure on page 4-7 section.
5. Turn on the maintenance mode from web console. See
Maintenance mode
on/off procedure on page 4-10 section.
6. Identify F/W version and take notes of it. See F/W version identification
procedure on page 4-22 section.
7. Release the blue lock tab and pull the lever, as shown below.
8. Holding the server blade, carefully slide out the server blade from the
chassis and place it on an anti-static mat.
Figure 5-1 Removing the half-wide server blade
Notice:
Do not leave a slot open for a long time. Leaving it open can cause the
overheat problem for other components.
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Replacing parts
Hitachi Compute Blade 500 Series System Service Manual
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