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Expansion
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Expansion
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standoff
Attention: Before you install one of the following CFFh 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.
• 2/4 Port Ethernet Expansion Card for BladeCenter
• Broadcom 10 Gb 2-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
• Broadcom 10 Gb 4-port Ethernet Expansion Card (CFFh) for IBM BladeCenter
To install a CFFh expansion card, complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Before you begin, read "Safety" on page iii and "Installation guidelines" on page 17.
Step 2.
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 3.
Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
Step 4.
Open the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on page 20 for instructions).
Step 5.
Locate the blade server expansion connector (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
Step 6.
If a cover is installed on the blade expansion connector, remove it by using your fingers to lift
the cover from the blade expansion connector.
Step 7.
Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any 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.
Step 8.
Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto the pins on the
expansion-card standoff; then, gently pivot the card into the blade server expansion connector.
Step 9.
Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
Note: For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of the expansion
card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion card.
Step 10. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to "Completing the
installation" on page 47.
Removing a horizontal-compact-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to remove a compact-form-factor expansion card from the blade server.
Note: This section does not apply to the IBM WebSphere DataPower Integration Blade XI50B Type 4195
appliance.
The following illustration shows how to remove a horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card.
Blade
expansion
connector
cover
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