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Installing an I/O expansion card You can add an optional I/O expansion card to your blade server to give the blade server additional connections for communicating on a network. Attention: When you add an I/O expansion card, you must make sure that the I/O modules in I/O module bays 3 and 4 on the BladeCenter unit both support the I/O expansion card network-interface type. For example, if you add an Ethernet expansion card to your blade server, the modules in I/O module bays 3 and 4 on the BladeCenter unit must both be compatible with the Ethernet expansion card. All other I/O expansion cards that are installed on other blade servers in the BladeCenter unit must also be compatible with these I/O modules. In this example, you could then install two Ethernet switch modules, two pass-thru modules, or one Ethernet switch module and one pass-thru module. Because pass-thru modules are compatible with a variety of I/O expansion cards, installing two pass-thru modules would enable the use of several different types of compatible I/O expansion cards within the same unit. Important: Installation of an I/O expansion card requires removing the IDE drive installed in IDE connector 2. The I/O expansion card occupies the same space as this IDE drive and replaces it. You cannot install an IDE drive in IDE connector 2 while an I/O expansion card is installed in the blade server. If the IDE drive that is installed in IDE connector 2 contains any information that you want to keep, back it up to another storage device. If the IDE hard disk drive that is installed in IDE connector 2 is part of a RAID array, delete this IDE RAID array configuration before removing the hard disk drive. When you delete the RAID array, the array configuration information is removed; no data is deleted. See "Deleting an IDE RAID array configuration" on page 54 for instructions. The following illustration shows how to install an I/O expansion card on the blade server. I/O expansion card I/O expansion tray Raised hook I/O expansion option connector (server) IDE connector 2 I/O expansion option connector (server) The card is installed near IDE connector 2. 30 BladeCenter HS20 Type 8832: Installation and User's Guide

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Installing
an
I/O
expansion
card
You
can
add
an
optional
I/O
expansion
card
to
your
blade
server
to
give
the
blade
server
additional
connections
for
communicating
on
a
network.
Attention:
When
you
add
an
I/O
expansion
card,
you
must
make
sure
that
the
I/O
modules
in
I/O
module
bays
3
and
4
on
the
BladeCenter
unit
both
support
the
I/O
expansion
card
network-interface
type.
For
example,
if
you
add
an
Ethernet
expansion
card
to
your
blade
server,
the
modules
in
I/O
module
bays
3
and
4
on
the
BladeCenter
unit
must
both
be
compatible
with
the
Ethernet
expansion
card.
All
other
I/O
expansion
cards
that
are
installed
on
other
blade
servers
in
the
BladeCenter
unit
must
also
be
compatible
with
these
I/O
modules.
In
this
example,
you
could
then
install
two
Ethernet
switch
modules,
two
pass-thru
modules,
or
one
Ethernet
switch
module
and
one
pass-thru
module.
Because
pass-thru
modules
are
compatible
with
a
variety
of
I/O
expansion
cards,
installing
two
pass-thru
modules
would
enable
the
use
of
several
different
types
of
compatible
I/O
expansion
cards
within
the
same
unit.
Important:
Installation
of
an
I/O
expansion
card
requires
removing
the
IDE
drive
installed
in
IDE
connector
2.
The
I/O
expansion
card
occupies
the
same
space
as
this
IDE
drive
and
replaces
it.
You
cannot
install
an
IDE
drive
in
IDE
connector
2
while
an
I/O
expansion
card
is
installed
in
the
blade
server.
If
the
IDE
drive
that
is
installed
in
IDE
connector
2
contains
any
information
that
you
want
to
keep,
back
it
up
to
another
storage
device.
If
the
IDE
hard
disk
drive
that
is
installed
in
IDE
connector
2
is
part
of
a
RAID
array,
delete
this
IDE
RAID
array
configuration
before
removing
the
hard
disk
drive.
When
you
delete
the
RAID
array,
the
array
configuration
information
is
removed;
no
data
is
deleted.
See
“Deleting
an
IDE
RAID
array
configuration”
on
page
54
for
instructions.
The
following
illustration
shows
how
to
install
an
I/O
expansion
card
on
the
blade
server.
I/O expansion option
connector (server)
I/O expansion
tray
I/O expansion card
I/O expansion
option connector
(server)
Raised hook
IDE connector 2
The
card
is
installed
near
IDE
connector
2.
30
BladeCenter
HS20
Type
8832:
Installation
and
User’s
Guide