NOTE: Before installing the Blade Link for BL870c i2 or BL890c i2, make sure the following
statements are true:
• All blades have the same CPU SKUs
• All blades have the same hardware revision (only use BL860c i2, BL870c i2, or BL890c i2
Server Blades)
• All blades have CPU0 installed
• All blades have the same firmware revision set
• All blades follow the memory loading rules for your configuration, see “DIMMs” (page 49)
• The enclosure OA firmware is compatible with the blade firmware
• The Monarch blade has an ICH mezzanine card installed
• The proper Blade Link is being used for your configuration
To check on the blade hardware revisions and CPU SKUs, go to the Command Menu in the iLO
3 TUI and enter the DF command. This dumps the FRU content of the blades.
NOTE: If you will be upgrading an initial installation, see “Upgrading a conjoined configuration”
(page 66) for more information on server blade upgrades.
Blade Link bay location rules
Partner blade half-height bay
number / Server blade
full-height bay number
Partner
blade
support?Blade location rules
Supported
enclosures
Number of
conjoined
blades
Blade Link
part numberClass
Bottom half-height adjacent
bay, paired with the server
YesNo specific bay
location rules for
blades
c70001 (standard for
BL860c i2)
AD399-67002BL1
blade in full-height bays 1&2,
3&4, 5&6, or 7&8
Half-height bay 8, paired with
the server blade in full-height
bay 3.
c3000
CAUTION: The bay
mini-divider must be installed
in the c3000 enclosure to
ensure the partner blade is
inserted correctly. Failure to
install the bay mini-divider
might result in damage to the
blade or enclosure when
installing the partner blade.
1
N/ANoBays 1&2, 3&4,
5&6, or 7&8 with
c70002 (BL870c i2)AD399-67003BL2
Monarch blade in
odd bay
Bays 1&2, 3&4 with
Monarch blade in
odd bay
c3000
Bottom half-height bay 9
paired with full-height bays
YesBays 2&3, 4&5 or
6&7 with Monarch
c7000 only2 (BL870c i2)AD399-67010BL2E
2&3, bottom half-height bayblade in even bay
11 paired with full-height baysusing full-height
numbering 4&5, bottom half-height bay
13 paired with full-height bays
6&7
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