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Notices and statements in this document
Use this information to understand the most common documentation notices and
statements and how they are used.
The caution and danger statements in this document are also in the multilingual
Safety Information document, which is on the IBM Documentation CD. Each
statement is numbered for reference to the corresponding statement in the Safety
Information document.
The following notices and statements are used in this document:
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damage might occur.
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to you. A caution statement is placed just before the description of a potentially
hazardous procedure step or situation.
v Danger: These statements indicate situations that can be potentially lethal or
extremely hazardous to you. A danger statement is placed just before the
description of a potentially lethal or extremely hazardous procedure step or
situation.
Features and specifications
Use this table to view specific information about the blade server, such as blade
server hardware features and the dimensions of the blade server.
Notes:
1. Power, cooling, removable-media drives, external ports, and advanced system
management are provided by the BladeCenter unit.
2. The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support for the
blade server to recognize and use USB media drives and devices. The
BladeCenter unit uses USB for internal communications with these devices.
The following table is a summary of the features and specifications of the blade
server.
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