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Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card
Install a standard-form-factor expansion card to expand the I/O capabilities of
your blade server.
Hard disk
drive tray
Figure 21. Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card
To install a standard-form-factor expansion card, complete the following steps:
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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. If a drive is connected to the SAS connector, remove the drive and the tray.
See "Removing the SAS hard disk drive" on page 246 and "Removing the
hard disk drive tray" on page 266.
If a SAS drive is connected to the SAS connector, you cannot install a
standard-form-factor expansion card.
6. Install the expansion bracket. See "Installing the expansion bracket" on page
269.
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the part to any unpainted
metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface on any
other grounded rack component; then, remove the part from its package.
8. Orient the expansion card and slide the notch in the narrow end of the card
into the raised hook on the expansion bracket; then, gently pivot the wide end
of the card into the expansion card connectors.
Expansion card
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