Installing The I/O Expansion Module; Remving The Iox Module - IBM N6270 Hardware And Service Manual

Figure 32. Remving the IOX module
7. Remove the PCIe cards, noting their locations so that you can install them into

Installing the I/O expansion module

To install the I/O expansion module, you must perform a specific sequence of
steps.
Procedure
1. Open the new I/O expansion module side panels, as needed.
2. Remove the card filler plates for any slots where you will be installing PCIe
3. Install the individual PCIe cards into the proper I/O expansion module slots by
4. Close the side panels and tighten the side panel thumbscrews.
5. Align the I/O expansion module with the bottom opening of the bottom bay of
6. Push the cam handle all the way to the closed position, and then tighten the
7. Reinstall the cable management arms, and recable your I/O expansion module.
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Left side panel, seen from the side farthest away from the cam handle, of the I/O
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expansion module.
Left PCIe card or cards.
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There can be two PCIe cards per side of the I/O expansion module.
Right PCIe card or cards.
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Right side panel, side farthest away from the cam handle, of the I/O expansion
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module.
the same slots in the new I/O expansion module.
cards.
aligning each PCIe card with the target slot, and then gently seating it into the
socket. Make sure that you install the PCIe cards in the same locations in the
new I/O expansion module as where they were in the old I/O expansion
module.
the target chassis (labeled B on the bay), and gently slide the I/O expansion
module all the way into the chassis using the cam handle. The I/O expansion
module cam handle begins to engage prior to fully seating into the chassis. Use
the cam handle to fully seat the module into the chassis.
thumbscrew on the cam handle.
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