Removing A Standard-Form-Factor Expansion Card - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

Removing a standard-form-factor expansion card

The following illustration shows how to remove a standard-form-factor expansion
card from the system board of the blade server.
To remove a standard-form-factor expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" on page v and
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 20
5. If you are removing a standard-form-factor expansion card from the blade server
6. Locate the standard-form-factor expansion card in front of SAS connector 1 (see
7. Gently pivot the wide end of the card out of the expansion card connectors;
8. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Installation guidelines" on page 17.
blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions.
for instructions).
and a MPE unit or expansion unit is attached to the blade server, remove the
device (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page 21).
"Blade server connectors" on page 14).
then, slide the notched end of the card out of the raised hook on the expansion
card bracket and lift the card out of the blade server.
"Completing the installation" on page 46.
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