Installing An I/O Expansion Card - IBM BladeCenter HS22V 7871 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Installing an I/O expansion card

The following sections describe how to install the following expansion cards:
v vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv)
v horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh)
v CIOv storage interface card
Installing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to install a CIOv-form-factor expansion card in the blade
server.
The following illustration shows the location and installation of a CIOv expansion
card.
Expansion
card
Attention: Before you install one of the following CIOv expansion cards in the
blade server, make sure the PCIe speed is set to Gen1. You can configure the PCIe
speed in the Setup utility by selecting System Settings and Devices and I/O Ports.
v Ethernet Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v QLogic 4 Gb Fibre Channel Expansion Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v SAS Connectivity Card (CIOv) for IBM BladeCenter
v ServeRAID-MR10ie (CIOv) Controller for IBM BladeCenter
To install a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see "Blade server connectors" on page
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
3. Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector
4. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
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unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion card from
the package.
on the system board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.