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5. Gently press down on the DIMM until it snaps into place in the slot. Repeat for all
modules.
6. Replace the air shroud and install the blade module back into the enclosure.
7. Power up the blade unit (see "Powering Up a MicroBlade Module Unit" on
page 3-1).
3-5 Hard Disk Drive Installation
Up to four 2.5" SATA3 (6 Gbps) HDD/SSD disk drives (two HDD/SSD and two SSD) can
be installed in the MicroBlade module, and cannot be removed or replaced without
powering down the blade unit they reside in. A blade module needs a hard disk drive
with an operating system installed to operate. RAID 0, 1 and 10 are supported.
3-6 Installing the Operating System
An operating system (OS) must be installed on each MicroBlade module. Blades with
Microsoft Windows OS and blades with Linux OS can both occupy and operate within
the same blade enclosure. Refer to the SuperMicro web site for a complete list of
supported operating systems.
There are several methods of installing an OS to the blade modules.
Installing with a SATA-DOM Module
The MBI-6118G-T41X MicroBlade module contains a SATA-DOM socket for each node
on the serverboard. The operating system can be installed separately onto the
SATA-DOM module, which when plugged into the SATA-DOM socket of a node of the
MBI-6118G-T41X MicroBlade module, can be used as the system’s operating system
just as if it was a hard disk drive of the system.
Figure 3-4. Installing a DIMM into a Memory Slot
To Install: Insert module vertically
and press down until it snaps into
place. Pay attention to the bottom
notch.
To Remove: Use your thumbs to
gently push each release tab
outward to free the DIMM from the
slot.
Note: The notch should align with
the receptive key point on the slot.
Side View
Top View
Notch
Release Tabs
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