Install A Pcie Carrier Extension - Oracle SPARC T5-4 Service Manual

See "Install a PCIe Card Carrier" on page
Related Information
"Install a PCIe Card" on page 163
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"Install a PCIe Carrier Extension" on page 167
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"Install a PCIe Card Carrier" on page 168
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Install a PCIe Carrier Extension

Some PCIe cards must be installed with PCIe card carrier extension. The carrier extension
provides the additional airflow that is required for proper cooling.
1. Ensure that you have removed two adjacent PCIe card carriers from the server.
See "Remove a PCIe Card Carrier" on page
storage space in case you want to remove the carrier extension later.
To ensure proper system cooling, all PCIe slots must be occuped with a PCIe card carrier
Note -
or carrier extension.
2. Install the PCIe card.
See "Install a PCIe Card" on page
168.
158. Retain the extra card carrier in a suitable
163.
Install a PCIe Carrier Extension
Servicing PCIe Cards 167