Lenovo System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual page 241

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5. Slide the standard I/O book out of the shuttle and set it aside.

6. Open the adapter retention lever.

7. Remove the adapters from the standard I/O book board (see "Removing an adapter" on page 237).

8. Remove the USB hypervisor embedded flash device (see "Removing a USB embedded hypervisor flash

device" on page 252).

9. Remove any flash power modules (see "Removing a RAID adapter flash power module from the

standard I/O book" on page 265).

10. Remove the fans (see "Removing a hot-swap fan assembly" on page 259).

11. If you are instructed to return the module, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging

materials for shipping that are supplied to you.

Replacing the standard I/O book

Use this information for instructions on how to replace the standard I/O book.

• If you are installing external RAID adapters that comes with a flash power module, the adapters must be

installed in PCIe slots 7, 8, and 9 in the standard I/O book. Install the adapter flash power modules in the

slots in the air baffle in the standard I/O book. Other PCIe adapters that do not come with a flash power

module can also be installed in the standard I/O book.

• You can install up to three flash power modules in the standard I/O book.

• You can install only ML2 Ethernet adapters in PCIe slot 10 of the standard I/O book. See "Supported ML2

(Ethernet) adapters" on page 88 for more information about the Ethernet adapters.

• When you replace the standard I/O book , you must either update the standard I/O book board with the

latest firmware or restore the pre-existing firmware image that the customer provides. Make sure that you

have the latest firmware or a copy of the pre-existing firmware before you proceed. See "Updating the

firmware " on page 119 and "Updating the Universal Unique Identifier and DMI/SMBIOS data" on page

140 for more information.

Attention: Installing the wrong firmware or device-driver update might cause the server to malfunction.

Before you install a firmware or device-driver update, read any readme and change history files that are

provided with the downloaded update. These files contain important information about the update and the

procedure for installing the update, including any special procedure for updating from an early firmware or

device-driver version to the latest version.

Removing and replacing components

Troubleshooting

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