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System reliability guidelines

To help ensure proper system cooling and system reliability, make sure the following requirements are met.

  • Each of the module bays on the front and rear of the BladeCenter S chassis has either a module or a module bay filler installed in it.
  • Each of the blade bays on the front of the BladeCenter S chassis has either a blade server or a blade bay filler installed in it.
  • Each of the disk storage module bays has a disk storage module or disk storage module filler installed in it. If a disk storage module is installed, each of the drive bays has a hard disk drive or a hard disk drive bay filler installed in it.
  • Each of the drive bays in a blade server storage expansion option has either a hot-swap drive or a filler panel installed.
  • You have followed the cabling instructions that come with optional adapters.
  • Cables for the optional modules are routed correctly.
  • A failed fan module is replaced as soon as possible.