5. If you have a second solid state drive to install, repeat steps 3 and 4.
6. Close the retention lever and secure it with the blue tab.
Note: You might have to press the blue tab before you close the retention lever.
7. Install the SSD expansion card (see “Installing an SSD expansion card” on page
37 for instructions).
Removing a solid state drive
Use this information to remove a solid state drive.
The blade server has a solid state drive expansion card for installing or removing
solid state drives. To remove a solid state drive, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 23.
2. Remove the SSD expansion card (see “Removing an SSD expansion card” on
page 37 for instructions).
3. Turn over the SSD expansion card.
SSD
Drive 1
Drive 0
4. Press down on the blue tab. The retention lever automatically opens so that the
solid state drive or drives are accessible.
5. Slide the solid state drive out of the slot.
Note: When you remove a drive from the SSD expansion card, consider
labeling the drive to indicate the slot from which the drive was removed so
that you can install the drive back into the same slot.
6. Close the retention lever and secure it with the blue tab.
Note: You might need to press the blue tab before you close the retention lever.
Installing a DIMM - BladeCenter HX5
The blade server has a total of 16 direct inline memory module (DIMM) slots. The
blade server supports very low profile (VLP) DDR3 DIMMs with error code
correction (ECC) in 2 GB, 4 GB, 8 GB, and 16 GB capacities.
For a current list of supported DIMMs for the blade server, see
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/eserver.html.
Depending on the memory mode that is set in the Setup utility, the blade server
can support a minimum of 4 GB and a maximum of 128 GB of system memory on
the system board in a blade server with one processor. If two microprocessors are
installed, the blade server can support a minimum of 8 GB and a maximum of 256
GB of system memory.
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