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Installing a high-speed expansion card
The following illustration shows how to install a high-speed expansion card in the
blade server system board and also applies to the MPE.
To install a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps:
10. For device-driver and configuration information needed to complete the
11. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
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BladeCenter LS21 Type 7971 and LS41 Type 7972: Installation and User's Guide
High-speed
expansion card
Expansion
card
standoff
1. Read the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 17.
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
the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions.
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 20 for
instructions).
5. A high-speed expansion card can be installed on a blade server without an
expansion unit or it can be installed in an MPE unit attached to the blade
server. You can not install a high-speed expansion card on a blade server that
will be connected to an expansion unit. If you will be installing a high-speed
expansion card on the blade server with an expansion unit installed, remove
the expansion unit (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page 21).
6. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion
card from the package.
7. Locate the expansion card connectors and remove the blade expansion
connector cover, if one is installed.
8. Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto
the pins on the expansion card standoff; then, pivot the card into the
expansion card connectors.
9. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
installation of the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the
expansion card.
"Completing the installation" on page 36.
Extraction lever
Blade expansion
connector
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