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Step 11. Lift the card away from the expansion-card standoff.
Step 12. If you are instructed to return the CFFh expansion card, follow all packaging instructions, and use
any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
Removing a CIOv expansion card
Use these instructions to remove a CIOv expansion card from the blade server.
The following illustration shows how to remove a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) expansion card.
To remove a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on page 65.
Step 2.
If the blade server or scalable blade complex is installed in a BladeCenter chassis, remove it. See
"Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter chassis" on page 66 for instructions.
Step 3.
Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
Step 4.
If you are removing the CIOv card from a blade server that is the bottom blade server in a scalable
blade complex, disassemble the blade complex (see "Disassembling a scalable blade complex" on
page 68 for instructions).
Step 5.
If an IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed, remove it (see "Removing an IBM MAX5 expansion
blade" on page 87 for instructions).
Step 6.
Open the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on page 71 for instructions).
Step 7.
If an optional expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see "Removing an expansion
unit" on page 96 for instructions).
Note: Optional expansion units are not supported when a IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed.
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