2-14 General DescriptionUSING YOUR SERVERThis section describes the basic operation of the blade server.Power-on of Blade ServerThere are the following two ways to turn on the power of the CPU blade. Turn on the power of theCPU blade in any of the two ways after turning on the powers of the display unit and peripheralsconnected to the CPU blade.IMPORTANT: Perform the power-on operation of the CPU blade byeither the use of the POWER switch or the remote power-on after theperiod of 30 seconds or longer has passed from the supply of AC powerto every power unit. The power-on operation within the period of 30seconds from the supply of AC power to every power unit may not turnon the power of the CPU blade. If so, turn on the power of the CPUblade by using the POWER switch after making sure that the AC poweris supplied to every power unit.NOTES: If a power cord on the Blade Enclosure is connected to a powercontroller including an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), makesure that the power of the power controller is turned on. When the power is supplied to the server, the initial diagnosis isexecuted for about 30 seconds. In this period, the POWER switch isdisabled. Power on the server about 30 seconds immediately afteryou installed the CPU blade or turned on the server.
