Removing A Gpu Expansion Blade - IBM BladeCenter GPU Expansion Blade Installation Manual

Removing a GPU Expansion Blade

Use this information to remove a GPU Expansion Blade.
The following illustration shows how to remove the expansion blade.
Note: If more than one expansion blade is installed, remove each expansion blade,
one at a time.
To remove an expansion blade, complete the following steps:
1. Read the Safety information beginning on page "Safety" on page v and
2. If the blade server and expansion blades are installed in a BladeCenter unit,
3. Carefully lay the combined unit down on a flat, static-protective surface, with
4. Press the cover release on each side of the blade server or the expansion blade
5. Rotate the expansion blade open; then, lift the expansion blade from the blade
6. If additional expansion blades need to be removed, repeat steps 4 and 5.
Blade server
cover release
"Installation guidelines" on page 7.
shut down the operating system and turn off the blade server; then, remove the
combined blade server and expansion blades from the BladeCenter unit (see the
documentation that comes with the blade server for more information).
the cover side up.
below the expansion blade that you are removing and lift the expansion blade
from the blade server.
server.
Expansion unit
Blade server
cover release
Chapter 3. Installing options
13