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10. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
Installing an I/O expansion card
If I/O expansion is supported by the BladeCenter unit in which the blade server is
installed, you can add an I/O expansion card to the blade server. I/O expansion
cards give the blade server additional connections for communicating on a network.
Your blade server supports installation of one I/O expansion card of either the
small-form-factor or standard-form-factor design.
You cannot install both sizes of I/O-expansion card in a blade server at the same
time. You can install a small-form-factor expansion card in addition to two SCSI
hard disk drives. You cannot install a standard-form-factor expansion card into a
blade server with two SCSI hard disk drives.
The blade server supports a number of I/O expansion cards types, such as:
v Gigabit Ethernet expansion card
v Fibre Channel expansion card
v Myrinet expansion card
Some expansion cards are available as both small-form-factor cards and
standard-form-factor cards. Other expansion cards are available only as
standard-form-factor cards. See the ServerProven list at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ for a list of available I/O-expansion cards and
their form-factor types.
When you add an I/O-expansion card, you must make sure that the I/O modules it
is mapped to both support the expansion card network-interface type. These I/O
9. Install a heat sink on the microprocessor.
Attention:
v Do not set down the heat sink after you remove the plastic cover.
v Do not touch the thermal grease on the bottom of the heat sink. Touching
the thermal grease will contaminate it. If the thermal grease on the
microprocessor or heat sink becomes contaminated, contact your service
technician.
Heat sink
Thermal grease
a. Remove the plastic protective cover from the bottom of the heat sink.
b. Align and place the heat sink on top of the microprocessor in the retention
bracket, grease side down. Press firmly on the heat sink.
c. Using a screwdriver, secure the heat sink to the retention bracket on the
system board using the two captive mounting screws. Press firmly on the
screws and tighten them, alternating between them. Do not overtighten the
screws. If you are using a torque wrench, tighten the screws to 8.5 to 13
Newton-meters (Nm) (6.3 to 9.6 foot-pounds).
"Completing the installation" on page 35.
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