Returning the Server to Operation

Server Filler Panel Requirements

The server might be shipped with module-replacement filler panels for storage drives and PCIe cards. These filler panels are installed at the factory and must remain in the server until you replace them with a purchased option.

Before you can install an optional server component into the server, you must remove the filler panel from the location into which you intend to install the component. When you remove a storage drive or a PCIe card from the server, you must install either a replacement for the component removed or a filler panel.

Remove and Install Filler Panels

Perform the following procedures as required to remove and install server filler panels for storage drives and PCIe cards.

Note: In single-processor systems, PCIe slots 1 through 4 are nonfunctional. Therefore, you do not need to remove the filler panels for these slots.

Remove the Storage drive filler panel.
1. Locate the storage drive filler panel to be removed from the server.
2. To unlatch the storage drive filler panel, pull the release lever, and tilt the lever out into a fully opened position.
3. To remove the filler panel from the slot, hold the opened release lever, and gently slide the filler panel toward you.
Install the Storage drive filler panel.
1. Locate the vacant storage drive module slot in the server, and then ensure that the release lever on the filler panel is fully opened.
2. Slide the filler panel into the vacant slot by pressing the middle of the filler panel faceplate with your thumb or finger.
  
  The release lever will close as it makes contact with the chassis. Do not slide the filler panel in all the way. Leave the filler panel out approximately 0.25 to 0.50 inch (6 to 12 mm) from the opening.
3. Using your thumb or finger, press on the middle of the filler panel faceplate until the release lever engages with the chassis.
4. Close the release lever until it clicks into place and is flush with the front of the server
Remove the PCIe slot filler panel.
1. Remove the server top cover.
2. To remove the PCIe slot filler panel, rotate the PCIe locking mechanism in to an upright position, and lift and remove the PCIe slot filler panel where you want to install the PCIe card.
Install the PCIe slot filler panel.
1. Remove the server top cover.
2. Press the PCIe filler panel into the vacant PCIe slot, and rotate the PCIe locking mechanism downward to secure the PCIe slot filler panel. You hear an audible click when the PCIe filler panel is secured into the slot.

Install the Server Top Cover

Place the top cover on the chassis [1].

Set the cover down so that it hangs over the back of the server by about 1 inch (25 mm) and the side latches align with the cutouts in the chassis.
Check both sides of the chassis to ensure that the top cover is fully down and flush with the chassis.

If the cover is not fully down and flush with the chassis, slide the cover towards the back of the chassis to position the cover in the correct position.
Gently slide the cover toward the front of the chassis until it latches into place with an audible click [2].

As you slide the cover toward the front of the server, the release button on the top of the server automatically rotates downward to the closed position. Latch the top cover by pushing down on the button until it is flush with the cover and you hear an audible click. An audible click indicates that the cover is latched.
Use a Torx T15 screwdriver to turn the release button latch counter-clockwise to the locked position.

Remove Antistatic Measures

Remove any antistatic straps or conductors from the server chassis.

Reinstall the Server Into the Rack

After servicing the system, reinstall it into the rack.

Caution:

Deploy any rack anti-tilt mechanisms before installing the server into the rack.

Caution:

The server weighs approximately 76 lbs (34 kg). Two people are required to carry the chassis and install it in the rack.

Use a mechanical lift or two people to transport the chassis and install it in the rack.

Lift the server from the antistatic mat, and reinstall the server into the rack.

See Rackmounting the Server.
If the cable management arm (CMA) is not installed, because you removed the server completely out of the rack, install the CMA.

See Install the Cable Management Arm (Optional).
If the cables are disconnected from the back of the server, because you removed the server completely out of the rack, reconnect the cables.
- For instructions to reconnect cables to the back of the server, see Reconnect Power and Data Cables.
- To identify the location of cable connectors on the back of the server, refer to Back Panel Connector Locations.

Return the Server to the Normal Rack Position

If the server is in the extended maintenance position, use this procedure to return the server to the normal rack position.

Push the server back into the rack, as described in the following steps.
1. Simultaneously pull and hold the two green release tabs (one on each side of the slide rails on the server) toward the front of the server, while you push the server into the rack.
  
  Verify that the cable management arm (CMA) retracts without binding.
  
  Note:
  To pull the green release tab, place your finger in the center of the tab, not on the end, and apply pressure as you pull the tab toward the front of the server.
2. Continue pushing the server into the rack until the slide-rail locks (on the front of the server) engage the slide-rail assemblies.
  
  You hear an audible click when the server is in the normal rack position.
If the CMA is not installed, because you removed the server completely out of the rack, install the CMA.

For installation instructions for the CMA, see Install the Cable Management Arm (Optional).
If the cables are disconnected from the back of the server, because you extended the server out of the rack, reconnect the cables.
- For instructions to reconnect cables to the back of the server, see Reconnect Power and Data Cables.
- To identify the location of cable connectors on the back of the server, refer to Back Panel Connector Locations.

Reconnect Power and Data Cables

Reconnect the data cables to the back of the server, as appropriate.

Note:
If the cable management arm (CMA) is in the way, extend the server approximately 13 cm (5 inches) out of the front of the rack.
Reconnect the power cables to the power supplies.
If necessary, reinstall the cables into the cable management arm and secure them with Velcro straps.
Power on the server.

See Power On the Server.

Power On the Server

As soon as the power cords are connected, Standby power is applied. In Standby power mode:

The System OK LED on the server front panel blinks slowly.
The SP OK LED indicator is steady on.
The AC power supply LED indicator lights are steady on.

Depending on the firmware configuration, the system might boot. If it does not boot, perform the following procedure.

Power on the server to Main power mode by performing one of the following actions:
- Press the On/Standby button on the front bezel.
- Log in to the Oracle ILOM web interface, click Host Management → Power Control, and select Power On from the Select Action list.
- Log in to the Oracle ILOM command-line interface (CLI), and type the following command at the Oracle ILOM prompt:
```
-> start /System
```
  When the server is powered on to Main power mode and the power-on self-test (POST) code checkpoint tests are complete, the green System OK LED status indicator on the front panel of the server lights and remains lit.