Blade Watch

http://www.bladewatch.com/2007/12/28/introducing-allen-or-hp-part-number-367243-405/

So I did a post earlier on about purchasing a refurbished HP BL30P blade server so that I could put up some HP specific and generic blade content. To give you the basics on blade servers, typically you have an enclosure where the networking and power bits are, and into that you plug in a blade server which is in essence your mini 1u server sitting on it’s side.

Here it is:

So at the front of the unit (to the left of the picture) you have the handle and space to fit two hard drives, we then have the fans, the two processors, some memory and the network cards.

I’m putting together some pictures of the different components with a few tips on how to replace components/reset the system etc without having to plug it into the diagnostic kit or have an operating system loaded.

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