Installing An I/O Expansion Card - IBM BladeCanter HS20 Installation And User Manual

10. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to

Installing an I/O expansion card

You can add an optional I/O expansion card to your blade server to give the blade
server additional network connections for communicating on a network.
Attention:
switch modules in switch-module bays 3 and 4 on the BladeCenter unit both
support the I/O expansion card network-interface type. For example, if you add an
Ethernet expansion card to your blade server, the modules in switch-module bays 3
and 4 on the BladeCenter unit must both be compatible with the Ethernet expansion
card. All other I/O expansion cards installed on other blade servers in the
BladeCenter unit must also be compatible with these switch modules. In this
example, you could then install two Ethernet Switch Modules, two pass-thru
modules, or one Ethernet Switch Module and one pass-thru module. Because
pass-thru modules are compatible with a variety of I/O expansion cards, installing
two pass-thru modules would allow use of several different types of compatible I/O
expansion cards within the same BladeCenter unit.
Important: Installation of an I/O expansion card requires removal of the hard disk
The following illustration shows how to install an I/O expansion card on the blade
server. The card is installed near IDE connector 2.
Heat sink Thermal grease
2) Do not touch the thermal grease on the bottom of the heat sink.
Touching the thermal grease will contaminate it. If the thermal grease
on the microprocessor or heat sink becomes contaminated, contact
your service technician.
b. Align and place the heat sink on top of the microprocessor in the retention
bracket, grease side down. Press firmly on the heat sink.
c. Using a screwdriver, secure the heat sink to the retention bracket on the
system board using the two captive mounting screws. Press firmly on the
screws and tighten them, alternating between them. Do not overtighten the
screws.
"Completing the installation" on page 38.
When you add an I/O expansion card, you must make sure that the
drive installed in IDE connector 2. The I/O expansion card occupies the
same space as this hard disk drive and replaces it. You can not install
a hard disk drive in IDE connector 2 while an I/O expansion card is
installed in the blade server.
v If the hard disk drive installed in IDE connector 2 contains any
information that you want to keep, back it up to another storage
device.
v If the hard disk drive installed in IDE connector 2 is part of a RAID
array, unconfigure this RAID array before removing the hard disk
drive. See your operating system documentation for instructions.
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