Blade Watch

A brief unracking guide, please note this was written on the train on my Blackberry, so you might want to adjust it.

• Confirm server is powered off.
• Disconnect cables
• Check the server is not connected to the rack or rails by any vendor specific cable management arm or device
• Remove any cable management arm/device
• Remove cables from the server and trace back to the cabinet – should we be removing the KVM and power cables? Do this carefully to avoid outage
• Remove the server by sliding it from the rails – noting that there might be metal clips holding the server in the rails.
• Remove the rails, there will be several ways to do this, check for bolts holding the rails in at either end, and for clips half way through the rails to adjust.

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