The Sun Blade 8000 Series Chassis supports up to 10 Sun Blade Server Modules (blades). The chassis arrives with nine filler panels installed in each blade slot labeled BL0-9.
Illustration Key
Item |
Description |
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1 |
Vacant blade slot labeled BL0 |
2 |
Nine blade filler panels in slots labeled BL1 to BL9 |
Use the following procedures to remove a filler panel from a slot and to install a blade into to corresponding vacant slot.
If you are not installing a blade into a slot, do not remove the blade filler panel from the slot. The blade filler panel is required to meet FCC standards for electromagenetic interface.
The following procedure is for new blade installations in a powered-off chassis. If you want to remove a blade using a hot-plug operation, see the service hot removal procedures.
In the front of the chassis, locate the blade filler panel to be removed.
To unlatch the blade filler panel from the chassis, press the button on the ejector lever handles at the top and bottom; then pivot out and raise the top ejector lever and lower the bottom ejector lever.
If necessary, see About Chassis Ejector Levers for more information.
Hold the ejector levers and pull the filler panel out of the chassis slot.
Unpack blade from the packaging (box labeled Sun Blade), then locate the vacant blade slot in the front of the chassis.
Align the blade with the vacant blade slot. Ensure that the:
Blade indicator lights on the front panel are facing toward you.
Video, keyboard, and mouse connectors are at the bottom.
Blade ejector levers are fully opened.
Slide the blade into the vacant blade chassis slot.
As the ejectors make contact with the chassis, the bottom lever will start to rise, and the top lever will start to lower.
Simultaneously close the ejector levers at the top and bottom of the blade (lower the top ejector and raise the bottom ejector) until the levers lock in place against the front of the blade.