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Hardware Installations and Upgrades Installing or Removing a PCI Card Peripherals and add-in cards are not included with your system and must be purchased separately. If a low profile card is installed in the standard full-height riser card slot, it must be equipped with a standard full-height PCI mounting bracket. PCI cards can be installed into slots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Do not attempt to install a PCI card into slot 2. Slot 2 is reserved for the RAID DIMM accessory. If you have the hot-plug version of the board, you can make use of the PCI hot-plug features only if you have purchased and installed the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade Kit. With the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade Kit, you can hot swap PCI cards in PCI slots 1, 3, 4, and 5. Do not attempt to hot-plug a PCI card into slots 2 or 6. Slot 2 is reserved for the RAID DIMM accessory and Slot 6 is not hot-pluggable under any circumstances. If you have not installed the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade kit you must power your server down and unplug it before attempting to add or remove any of the PCI cards. WARNING Do not attempt to hot plug a PCI card without first installing the hot plug kit into a hot plug board. If you have the hot-plug kit installed you must first remove the PCI slot from service before attempting to remove the card from the slot. Failure to remove the slot from service before removing the card system may result in irreversible damage to the PCI card and / or to your server board. 1. Remove chassis cover. See your server chassis documentation for instructions on removing the cover. 2. Hot plug systems only: If the server is powered on, use the hot-plug interface utility available through your operating system to remove the slot from service. Failure to remove the slot from service before attempting to remove or add a card may result in irreversible damage to the PCI card and / or to your server board. 3. Remove the PCI air duct from its position over the PCI slots and cards. A TP00858 Figure 13. Removing the PCI Air Duct Intel® Server Board SE7520AF2 User Guide 17

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Hardware Installations and Upgrades
IntelĀ® Server Board SE7520AF2 User Guide
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Installing or Removing a PCI Card
Peripherals and add-in cards are not included with your system and must be purchased separately. If
a low profile card is installed in the standard full-height riser card slot, it must be equipped with a
standard full-height PCI mounting bracket. PCI cards can be installed into slots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Do
not attempt to install a PCI card into slot 2. Slot 2 is reserved for the RAID DIMM accessory.
If you have the hot-plug version of the board, you can make use of the PCI hot-plug features only if
you have purchased and installed the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade Kit. With the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade
Kit, you can hot swap PCI cards in PCI slots 1, 3, 4, and 5. Do not attempt to hot-plug a PCI card
into slots 2 or 6. Slot 2 is reserved for the RAID DIMM accessory and Slot 6 is not hot-pluggable
under any circumstances.
If you have not installed the PCI Hot Plug Upgrade kit you must power your server down and
unplug it before attempting to add or remove any of the PCI cards.
WARNING
Do not attempt to hot plug a PCI card without first installing the hot
plug kit into a hot plug board.
If you have the hot-plug kit installed you must first remove the PCI slot
from service before attempting to remove the card from the slot. Failure
to remove the slot from service before removing the card system may
result in irreversible damage to the PCI card and / or to your server
board.
1.
Remove chassis cover. See your server chassis documentation for instructions on removing the
cover.
2.
Hot plug systems only:
If the server is powered on, use the hot-plug interface utility available
through your operating system to remove the slot from service. Failure to remove the slot from
service before attempting to remove or add a card may result in irreversible damage to the PCI
card and / or to your server board.
3.
Remove the PCI air duct from its position over the PCI slots and cards.
Figure 13.
Removing the PCI Air Duct
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TP00858