Removing A High-Speed Expansion Card; Installing A High-Speed Expansion Card - IBM BladeCenter HS21 Series Problem Determination And Service Manual

Removing a high-speed expansion card

To remove a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" on page vii and
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see "Removing
3. Remove the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on
4. Rotate the extraction lever upward to disengage the blade-expansion connector.
5. Pivot the narrow end of the card away from the blade expansion connector;
6. If you are instructed to return the expansion card, follow all packaging

Installing a high-speed expansion card

To install a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps.
1. Locate the blade expansion connector.
2. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
3. Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto
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High-speed
expansion card
Expansion
card
standoff
"Installation guidelines" on page 75.
the blade server from a BladeCenter unit" on page 77).
page 80 for instructions).
then, slide the slots at the back end of the card out of the expansion-card
standoffs and lift the card out of the blade server.
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
High-speed
expansion card
Expansion
card
standoff
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.
the pins on the expansion card standoff; then, gently pivot the card into the
blade expansion connector.
Extraction lever
Blade
expansion
connector
cover
Blade
expansion
connector