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Figure 16. Removing the management card
Perform the following procedure to remove the management card.
1. Read "Safety" on page v and the "Installation guidelines" on page 237.
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 a
BladeCenter unit" on page 239.
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover
side up.
4. Open and remove the blade server cover. See "Removing the blade server
cover" on page 242.
5. Locate the management card connector.
See "System-board connectors" on page 9 for the management card slot
location.
Attention: To avoid breaking the card retaining clips or damaging the
management card connectors, open and close the clips gently.
6. Carefully open the retaining clips on each end of the management card
connector and remove the management card.
7. If you are instructed to return the management card, follow all packaging
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
8. Move the management card to the new system board and chassis assembly.
If you are directed to move the management card to a new system board and
chassis assembly, perform the following procedure.
a. Replace the system board and chassis assembly, as described in "Replacing
the Tier 2 system-board and chassis assembly" on page 270.
b. Replace the management card, as described in "Installing the management
card" on page 252.
Management
card
Retaining clip
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