Installing A Small-Form-Factor Expansion Card - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

The following sections describe how to install an I/O-expansion card in the blade
server.

Installing a small-form-factor expansion card

The following illustration shows how to install a small-form-factor expansion card in
the blade server system board. This procedure also applies to the MPE unit.
To install a small-form-factor expansion card, complete the following steps:
10. For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of
11. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" 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).
5. If you are installing the expansion card in the blade server and an expansion
unit is 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 connector and orient the expansion card with the
connector (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
8. Install the small-form-factor expansion card as shown in the illustration.
9. Slide the notch in the narrow end of the card into the raised hook on the tray;
then, gently pivot the card into the expansion-card connectors.
the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion
card.
"Completing the installation" on page 46.
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