Installing The I/O Expansion Card On A Blade Server - Intel Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card Installation Instructions Manual

Installing the I/O expansion card on a blade server

Important: Installation of an I/O expansion card requires removal of the IDE
drive (hard disk drive or flash drive) that is installed in IDE
connector 2. The I/O expansion card occupies the same space as
this IDE drive and replaces it. You cannot install an IDE drive in
IDE connector 2 while an I/O expansion card is installed in the
blade server.
v If the IDE drive installed in IDE connector 2 contains any
information that you want to keep, back it up to another storage
device.
v If the IDE hard disk drive installed in IDE connector 2 is part of
a RAID array, delete this IDE RAID array configuration before
removing the hard disk drive. When you delete the RAID array,
the array configuration information is removed; no data is
deleted. See the blade server Installation and User's Guide for
instructions.
Note: The illustrations used in this procedure depict the installation process on
a BladeCenter HS40 blade server in a BladeCenter Type 8677 unit. These
illustrations might differ slightly from your hardware.
Complete the following steps to install the I/O expansion card in a blade
server:
1. Make sure that you are using the latest versions of device drivers,
firmware, and BIOS for your blade server and management module. Go to
the IBM Support Web site, http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/ for the
latest information about upgrading the device drivers, firmware, and BIOS
for BladeCenter components. The latest instructions are in the
documentation that come with the updates.
Note: Unless otherwise stated, references to the BladeCenter unit also
apply to the BladeCenter T unit.
2. Read the safety information beginning on page v and the "Installation
guidelines" on page 7.
3. Make sure that IBM BladeCenter I/O modules that support your I/O
expansion card are installed in I/O-module bays 3 and 4 in the
BladeCenter unit. See the documentation that came with the I/O module
for instructions.
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Intel Gigabit Ethernet Expansion Card for IBM ERserver BladeCenter: Installation Instructions