IBM 7870B4U Service Manual page 90

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5. Install the cover onto the blade server (see "Closing the blade server cover" on
6. Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit (see "Installing the blade
Installing a horizontal-compact-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to install a compact-form-factor expansion card in the blade
server.
The blade server supports a horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion
card. The following illustration shows how to install a CFFh expansion card.
Attention: Before you install one of the following CFFh expansion cards in the
blade server, make sure the PCIe speed is set to Gen1. You can configure the PCIe
speed in the Setup utility by selecting System Settings and Devices and I/O Ports.
v 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card for BladeCenter
v Broadcom 10 Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
v Broadcom 10 Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
To install a CFFh expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Locate the blade server expansion connector (see "Blade server connectors" on
2. If a cover is installed on the blade expansion connector, remove it by using
3. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
4. Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto
5. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
6. Install the cover onto the blade server (see "Closing the blade server cover" on
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server in a BladeCenter unit" on page 53).
Expansion
card
Expansion
card
standoff
page 15).
your fingers to lift the cover from the blade expansion connector.
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.
the pins on the expansion-card standoff; then, gently pivot the card into the
blade server expansion connector.
Note: For device-driver and configuration information to complete the
installation of the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the
expansion card.
page 56).
Blade
expansion
connector
cover

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