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Installing an optional expansion unit
Use these instructions to install an optional expansion unit.
Attention: If a horizontal combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card is
installed on the blade server system board, you cannot install an optional
expansion unit.
Notes:
1. All devices should be installed in an expansion unit before attaching it to the
2. After you install one or more expansion units on your blade server, the
3. The following illustration shows an optional expansion unit in a blade server.
4. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
To install an optional expansion unit, complete the following steps.
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BladeCenter HS23 Types 7875 and 1929: Installation and User's Guide
blade server.
combined blade server and expansion units together occupy adjacent blade
bays in the BladeCenter unit. Enough power modules must be installed in the
BladeCenter unit to power the blade bays in which you install the blade server
and expansion units.
1. Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 17. To determine the type and number of expansion units that can be
installed on your blade server, see http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/
x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/.
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see
"Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 20 for
instructions).
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