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Removing an SMP Expansion Module

When you install or remove SMP Expansion Modules, the server configuration

information changes. Therefore, you must use the Configuration/Setup Utility program

to change and save the new configuration information.

Attention: The installation and removal of the SMP Expansion Module is a two-handed

operation. Always use two hands when installing or removing an SMP Expansion Module.

Description: You can damage capacitors on the centerplane if you are not careful when you

install or remove an SMP Expansion Module (sometimes referred to as a CEC).

Solution: To help avoid problems, use the following procedure when removing an SMP

Expansion Module.

For more information: See Tip H176162 at http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.

Turn off the server and peripheral devices; then, disconnect the power cords and all

external cables from the SMP Expansion Module.

Remove the shipping/retention bracket screws from the right side of the server.

Open the cover.

Grasp the shipping/retention bracket or brackets by the removal handles and lift them up

and out of the server.

Note: If there is one SMP Expansion Module installed, you will need to remove the SMP

baffle from the server; then, remove the shipping/retention bracket from the lower

SMP Module.

Loosen the blue thumbscrews holding the EMC shield to the back of the server; then,

remove the EMC shield from the back of th

If there are two SMP Expansion Modules installed in the server, you must

Note:

first disconnect all of the cables from the SMP Expansion Modules.

Grasp the two locking levers on the top of the SMP modules, and lift them up

slightly.

Working from the right side of the server, rotate the two locking levers toward

you until they are fully extended.

not to damage the components on the centerplane, use the handle

Being careful

and the finger relief on the SMP Expansion Module cover to lift the SMP

Expansion Module out of the server.

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