Installation  31 
Installing blades 
The c7000 enclosure is divided into four quadrants by the vertical support metal work. Within each 
quadrant, a removable divider supports half-height blades. To install a full-height blade in any quadrant, this 
divider must be removed. Therefore, a quadrant can only contain either full-height blades or half-height 
blades. 
 
 
CAUTION: Failure to install the divider in a quadrant when installing half-height blades can 
result in damage to the connectors on the server blades. 
 
 
 
Item  Description 
1 
Blade Zone 1 
2 
Blade Zone 2 
3 
Blade Zone 3 
4 
Blade Zone 4 
 
Storage blades and tape blades can be installed in the same quadrant as both full-height and half-height 
blades. A bracket ships with each SB40c Storage Blade that allows a half-height blade to be mounted on top 
of the storage blade. 
The lower tape or storage blade cannot be removed without first removing the upper half-height blade. 
 
Installing a full-height blade 
The HP BladeSystem c7000 Enclosure ships with four device bay shelves to support half-height devices. To 
install a full-height device, remove the device bay shelf and the corresponding blanks. 
To install a blade: