Installing An Expansion Unit - IBM 8853L6U Service Manual

Installing an expansion unit

Attention:
board, you cannot install an expansion unit.
To install an expansion unit, complete the following steps.
1. If the blade server system board is equipped with power connector J164 and
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion unit to any
3. Orient the expansion unit above the blade server.
4. Lower the expansion unit so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the cover
5. Close the expansion unit:
6. Install the blade-server cover, if required (see"Installing the blade server cover"
7. Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit (see "Installing the blade
If a high-speed expansion card is installed in the blade server system
Blade-cover
release
you are installing a Memory and I/O Expansion Blade, remove the power jumper
from power connector J164 (see "Removing the power jumper" on page 43 for
instructions).
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion unit from
the package.
pins at the rear of the blade server.
v If the expansion unit has an extraction device, pivot the expansion unit
closed; then, use the extraction device to fully seat the expansion unit on the
system board. These extraction devices can be of several types, including
thumb screws or levers.
v If the expansion unit has no extraction device, pivot the expansion unit
closed; then, press the expansion unit firmly into place until the blade-cover
releases click.
The connectors on the expansion unit automatically align with and connect to
the connectors on the system board.
Note: Some expansion units have their own cover and do not require
installation of a separate cover.
on page 25).
server in a BladeCenter unit" on page 22 for instructions).
Memory and I/O
expansion blade
Blade-cover
release
Chapter 4. Removing and replacing blade server components
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