Chapter 2. Installing An Expansion Card; Installation Guidelines - IBM NetXen 10Gb2-Port Ethernet Expansion Card Installation Manual

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Chapter 2. Installing an expansion card

This chapter provides instructions for installing an expansion card in a blade

server.

Depending on the type of BladeCenter unit that you are using, the BladeCenter

unit supports a maximum of 10 or 14 expansion cards, that is, one expansion

card per blade server.

Notes:

v For the locations of the BladeCenter unit I/O-module bays, see Chapter 1,

"The NetXen 10 Gb 2-Port Ethernet Expansion Card," on page 1.

v The blade servers or BladeCenter units that are described or shown in this

document might be different from your blade server or BladeCenter unit.

For additional information, see the documentation that comes with your

blade server or BladeCenter unit.

v Configuration requirements for expansion cards, blade servers, and the

BladeCenter unit might vary. You can obtain up-to-date information about

these devices at http://www.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/.

Before you install the expansion card in the blade server or the blade server in

the BladeCenter unit, read the following information:

v Read the safety information that begins on page v, "Handling static-sensitive

devices" on page 9, and the safety statements in the BladeCenter unit

documentation. This information will help you work safely.

v Observe good housekeeping in the area where you are working. Place

removed covers and other parts in a safe place.

v Blue on a component indicates touch points, where you can grip the

component to remove it from or install it in the blade server or BladeCenter

unit, open or close a latch, and so on.

v Orange on a component or an orange label on or near a component on the

expansion card, blade server, or BladeCenter unit indicates that the

component can be hot-swapped, which means that if the BladeCenter unit

and operating system support hot-swap capability, you can remove or install

the component while the BladeCenter unit is running. (Orange can also

indicate touch points on hot-swap components.) See the instructions for

removing or installing a specific hot-swap component for any additional

procedures that you might have to perform before you remove or install the

component.

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