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HP c-Class BladeSystem Overview
- Identify c-Class BladeSystem hardware
components by sight and function including
enclosures, blades, interconnects, power
supplies and fans
HP c-Class BladeSystem Enclosures
- Locate and identify the features and
components of the HP BladeSystem c-Class
enclosures
- Identify device and interconnect bays by
number
- Locate fans by number and cooling zone
- locate power supplies by number and power
zone
- Cable Onboard Administrator stacking links
Insight Display Manager
- Access the Insight Display Manager from the
enclosure
- Display enclosure settings and configuration
- Use the Insight Display to set the enclosure
name
- Display enclosure health status
- Display alerts and details including problem
identification and repair procedures from the Insight Display
- Activate/deactivate the enclosure UID from
the Insight Display
HP c-Class BladeSystems Power and Cooling
- Identify the components of the power
architecture used in BladeSystem c-Class
systems, including power supplies, power
modes and PDUs
- Identify AC power options
- Initialize Thermal Logic technology
- Set different power redundancy options
through the Insight Display based on power
requirements and available power supplies
- Configure AC power redundancy
- Install power supplies and fans to properly
power and cool blades and interconnects
- Retrieve power and cooling status from the
Insight Display
- Describe the cooling technologies designed
for the HP BladeSystem c-Class systems
HP c-Class Onboard Administrator Initialization
- Install an Onboard Administrator (OA)
- Configure network connectivity to all OAs in
an enclosure from the Insight Display
- Cable and configure OA stacking links
- Access an active OA using a local network
and/or serial connection
- Initiate a manual failover from the active OA
to the standby OA
HP c-Class Blade Installation
- Install c-Class server blades in a c-Class
enclosure
- Plan server mezzanine installation based on
compatibility and functionality among server
blades in the same c-Class enclosure
- Install a mezzanine card on a c-Class server
blade
- Install a hot-plug disk drive into a c-Class
server blade
- Identify storage, tape and PCI expansion
modules by functionality and relationship to a
server blade device bay
- Configure an enclosure, matching server
blade configurations with power supplies and
cooling fans
- Display blade configuration and status from
the Insight Display
HP c-Class Interconnect Installation & Initialization
- Identify interconnect technologies used in
c-Class BladeSystems
- Install interconnect modules based on
technology of the module and configuration
of server blades
- Use the Onboard Administrator to configure
initial network access to an interconnect
module
- Display mapping between server blade ports
and interconnect ports from the Insight
Display and Onboard Administrator
- Enable/disable interconnect bay cross-links
- Use the Insight Display to evaluate
configuration matches/mismatches between
server blades and interconnects
- Cable Virtual Connect stacking links
HP c-Class Firmware Updates
- Display current firmware revisions of c-Class
components
- Update firmware from the Onboard
Administrator, iLO and a booted firmware
update program
- Use HP Smart Update Manager (HPSUM) to
update firmware in c-Class BladeSystems
Server Software Deployment with HP SmartStart
- Identify the features of SmartStart and its
components
- Locate and download SmartStart from the HP
software website
- Boot a server blade from a SmartStart
CD/DVD
- Initiate an OS installation with SmartStart
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