Powering up the storage blade

Prerequisites

  • Be sure that a drive is installed in the first drive bay. The partner server blade identifies and configures any installed drives during power-up. For more information, see Drives.

  • Be sure that drives or drive blanks are installed in the second and third drive bays. To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, the first three drive bays must be populated.

  • Be sure that the partner server blade is powered down.

  • Be sure that the storage blade is installed as shown in the installation guidelines.

Procedure
  1. Install the storage blade.

    The system health LED flashes amber.

  2. Power up the partner server blade. For more information, see the server blade documentation.
  3. Observe the storage blade system health LED.

    When the storage blade is recognized, the system health LED illuminates solid green.

    The storage blade can now be viewed in Onboard Administrator.