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System reliability guidelines

Use this information to make sure that the blade server meets the proper cooling and reliability guidelines.

To help make sure that proper cooling and system reliability requirements are met, review the following guidelines:

  • To ensure proper cooling, do not operate the BladeCenter unit without a blade server, expansion unit, or blade filler installed in each blade-server bay. See the documentation for your BladeCenter unit for additional information.
  • Each microprocessor socket always contains either a microprocessor dust cover and heat sink filler or a microprocessor and heat sink. If the blade server has only one microprocessor, it must be installed in microprocessor socket 1.
  • DIMMs or DIMM fillers must occupy DIMM connectors 1, 2, 13, 14, 15, and 16 for proper cooling.
  • Each hot-swap SAS bay contains a SAS storage drive or filler.
  • Make sure that the ventilation holes on the blade server are not blocked.
  • The blade server battery must be operational. If the battery becomes defective, replace it immediately.