Removing An Optional Expansion Unit - IBM HS22 - BladeCenter - 7870 Installation And User Manual

10. Follow the instructions provided with the expansion unit to install an option
11. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to

Removing an optional expansion unit

Use these instructions to remove the optional expansion unit from the blade server.
To remove an optional expansion unit, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see "Removing
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the cover
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4. Locate the blade expansion connector on the blade server system board or the
expansion unit and remove the cover if one is installed (see "Blade server
connectors" on page 19).
5. Touch the static-protective package that contains the optional expansion unit
to any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the optional
expansion unit from the package.
6. Orient the optional expansion unit as shown in the illustration.
7. Lower the expansion unit so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the
cover pins at the rear of the blade server; then, pivot the expansion unit down
onto the blade server.
8. If the expansion unit has an extraction device (such as a thumbscrew or a
lever), use it to fully engage the expansion unit on the blade server; otherwise,
press the expansion unit firmly into the closed position until it clicks into
place. To install an optional GPU adapter into a GPU expansion unit, see
"Installing a GPU adapter in the BladeCenter GPU expansion unit" on page
34. To install an option into another type of expansion unit, refer to the
documentation provided with the expansion unit.
9. If additional expansion units are being installed, repeat steps 4 through 8 for
each expansion blade; otherwise continue with step 11.
in the expansion unit.
"Completing the installation" on page 54.
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the blade server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 23 for instructions).
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