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To install a CIOv 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.
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 6.
Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
Step 7.
Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector on the system
board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.
Step 8.
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 9.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to "Completing the
installation" on page 47.
Removing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to remove a CIOv-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 following illustration shows how to remove a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) expansion card.
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