HP BladeSystem c3000 Setup And Installation

Contents 3
Contents
Planning the installation ................................................................................................................. 5
Pallet contents ........................................................................................................................................... 5
Platinum features ............................................................................................................................. 6
Rack requirements ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Rack-free environment requirements ............................................................................................................. 7
Warning, caution, and important messages .................................................................................................. 7
Temperature requirements .......................................................................................................................... 9
Space and airflow requirements .................................................................................................................. 9
Power requirements ................................................................................................................................. 10
Grounding requirements ........................................................................................................................... 10
Identifying components and LEDs .................................................................................................. 12
Enclosure front components ...................................................................................................................... 12
Device bay numbering ................................................................................................................... 12
HP BladeSystem Insight Display components ..................................................................................... 14
HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator connectors and LEDs ............................................................. 14
Enclosure rear components ....................................................................................................................... 15
Fan bay numbering ....................................................................................................................... 16
Fan LEDs ...................................................................................................................................... 16
Power supply bay numbering .......................................................................................................... 17
Power supply LED .......................................................................................................................... 17
Interconnect bay numbering ............................................................................................................ 18
Installing components .................................................................................................................. 19
Installation overview ................................................................................................................................ 19
Disassembling the enclosure ..................................................................................................................... 19
Rack-free installation ................................................................................................................................ 22
Rack installation ...................................................................................................................................... 22
Measuring with the rack template .................................................................................................... 23
Installing the rack rails .................................................................................................................... 23
Installing the enclosure in a rack ...................................................................................................... 24
Installing the front cage into the enclosure ......................................................................................... 25
Component installation ............................................................................................................................ 26
Installing a power supply ................................................................................................................ 26
Installing a full-height blade ............................................................................................................ 27
Installing a half-height blade ........................................................................................................... 33
Installing fans ................................................................................................................................ 37
Installing a KVM module ................................................................................................................. 39
Installing interconnect modules ........................................................................................................ 42
Installing the enclosure/Onboard Administrator link module ................................................................ 50
Connecting locally to a server blade with video and USB devices ........................................................ 50
Cabling and powering up the enclosure ........................................................................................ 53
Cabling the enclosure .............................................................................................................................. 53
Cabling the HP BladeSystem Onboard Administrator ......................................................................... 53
Enclosure link cabling .................................................................................................................... 54
Cabling a PC to the enclosure service port ........................................................................................ 55

HP BladeSystem c3000 Specifications

General

Form Factor	6U
Maximum Number of Blade Servers	8 half-height or 4 full-height
Maximum Number of Full-Height Blades	4
Cooling Fans	6 hot-plug fans
Management	HP Onboard Administrator
Interconnect Bays	4
Fans	6 hot-plug fans
Networking Options	Ethernet, Fibre Channel, InfiniBand
Power Supplies	Up to 6 (depending on configuration)