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Step 3.
If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see "Removing the blade server
from the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions).
Step 4.
Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
Step 5.
Open the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on page 20 for instructions).
Step 6.
If an expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see "Removing an optional expansion
unit" on page 22).
Step 7.
If a CIOv expansion card is installed, remove the expansion card (see "Removing a CIOv-form-factor
expansion card" on page 41).
Step 8.
Locate the USB connector on the blade server (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
Step 9.
Touch the static-protective package that contains the USB Flash key to any unpainted metal
surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack
component in the rack in which you are installing the USB module for at least two seconds; then,
remove the USB module from its package.
Step 10. Orient the connector on the USB Flash key with the USB connector on the blade server.
Step 11. Use your fingers to push the USB Flash key into the USB connector on the blade server.
Step 12. If a CIOv expansion card was removed during the install process, install the expansion card (see
"Installing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card" on page 40).
Step 13. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to "Completing the
installation" on page 47.
I/O expansion cards
Use this information to install an I/O expansion card, such as a SAS connectivity card, in the blade server.
The illustrations show installation of the SAS connectivity card in the system board; installing the card in
an expansion unit is similar.
The blade server has two I/O expansion connectors on the system board. One connector supports horizontal
combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion cards and the other connector supports vertical-combination-I/O
(CIOv) expansion cards. See http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for a list of
available I/O expansion cards for your blade server.
Make sure that the BladeCenter unit and the I/O modules to which the I/O expansion card is mapped
support the network-interface type of the I/O expansion card. For example, if you add an Ethernet expansion
card to a blade server, the I/O modules in I/O-module bays 3 and 4 on the BladeCenter unit must both be
compatible with the expansion card. All other expansion cards that are installed in other blade servers in the
BladeCenter unit must also be compatible with these I/O modules. In this example, you can then install
two Ethernet switch modules, two pass-thru modules, or one Ethernet switch module and one pass-thru
module in the BladeCenter unit. Because pass-thru modules are compatible with a variety of I/O expansion
cards, installing two pass-thru modules enables the use of several types of compatible I/O expansion cards
in blade servers within the same BladeCenter unit.
Installing a horizontal-compact-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to install a compact-form-factor expansion card in the blade server.
Note: This section does not apply to the IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B Type 4195
appliance.
The blade server supports a horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card. The following
illustration shows how to install a CFFh expansion card.
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