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Installing an adapter

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Installing an adapter Complete the following steps to install an adapter: 1. Review the safety information beginning on page v, and "Installation guidelines" on page 7. 2. Turn off the server and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external signal cables from the server. 3. Remove the server cover (see "Removing the cover and bezel" on page 8). 4. Determine which PCI-X slot you will use for the adapter. 5. On the rear panel, press the expansion-slot clip together to unlock the clip; then, pull the clip out from the server until it stops and rotate the clip as shown in the following illustration. It remains loosely attached to the server. Expansion-slot clip (adapter slot 2) Adapter-retention bracket Alignment tab Expansion-slot clip (adapter slot 1) Power-cord module Retention clip Attention: Avoid touching the components and gold-edge connectors on the adapter. Ensure that the adapter is completely and correctly seated in the slot. Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the system board or to the adapter. 6. Remove the expansion slot cover from the slot. 7. To gain access to PCI-X slot 1, remove the power-cord module. a. Press down on the retention clip at the front of the power-cord module and slide the module toward the front of the server until the alignment tab is free of the slot on the side of the server. b. Lift and place the power-cord module out of the server as far as the power supply cable permits. 8. Install the adapter: Attention: When you handle static-sensitive devices, take precautions to avoid damage from static electricity. For information about handling these devices, see "Handling static-sensitive devices" on page 7. a. Remove the adapter from the static-protective package and set any jumpers or switches on the adapter as directed by the adapter Chapter 2. Installing options 11

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Installing an adapter
Complete the following steps to install an adapter:
1.
Review the safety information beginning on page v, and “Installation
guidelines” on page 7.
2.
Turn off the server and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power
cords; then, disconnect all external signal cables from the server.
3.
Remove the server cover (see “Removing the cover and bezel” on page 8).
4.
Determine which PCI-X slot you will use for the adapter.
5.
On the rear panel, press the expansion-slot clip together to unlock the clip;
then, pull the clip out from the server until it stops and rotate the clip as shown
in the following illustration. It remains loosely attached to the server.
Expansion-slot
clip (adapter slot 2)
Expansion-slot
clip (adapter slot 1)
Retention clip
Power-cord
module
Adapter-retention
bracket
Alignment tab
Attention:
Avoid touching the components and gold-edge connectors on the
adapter. Ensure that the adapter is completely and correctly seated in the slot.
Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the system board or to the
adapter.
6.
Remove the expansion slot cover from the slot.
7.
To gain access to PCI-X slot 1, remove the power-cord module.
a.
Press down on the retention clip at the front of the power-cord module and
slide the module toward the front of the server until the alignment tab is
free of the slot on the side of the server.
b.
Lift and place the power-cord module out of the server as far as the power
supply cable permits.
8.
Install the adapter:
Attention:
When you handle static-sensitive devices, take precautions to
avoid damage from static electricity. For information about handling these
devices, see “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 7.
a.
Remove the adapter from the static-protective package and set any
jumpers or switches on the adapter as directed by the adapter
Chapter 2. Installing options
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