IBM LS41 User Guide - Page 46
Installing, high-speed, expansion
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Installing a high-speed expansion card The following illustration shows how to install a high-speed expansion card in the blade server system board and also applies to the MPE. Extraction lever High-speed expansion card Expansion card standoff Blade expansion connector To install a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps: 1. Read the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page 17. 2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions. 3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface. 4. Open the cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 20 for instructions). 5. A high-speed expansion card can be installed on a blade server without an expansion unit or it can be installed in an MPE unit attached to the blade server. You can not install a high-speed expansion card on a blade server that will be connected to an expansion unit. If you will be installing a high-speed expansion card on the blade server with an expansion unit installed, remove the expansion unit (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page 21). 6. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion card from the package. 7. Locate the expansion card connectors and remove the blade expansion connector cover, if one is installed. 8. Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto the pins on the expansion card standoff; then, pivot the card into the expansion card connectors. 9. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card. 10. For device-driver and configuration information needed to complete the installation of the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion card. 11. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to "Completing the installation" on page 36. 34 BladeCenter LS21 Type 7971 and LS41 Type 7972: Installation and User's Guide