Pcie Adapter Replacement; Remove A Pcie Adapter - Lenovo ThinkAgile HX1321 Series User Manual

• All network ports are fully functional.

PCIe adapter replacement

Use this information to remove and install a PCIe adapter.
ThinkAgile HX1321, and HX3321 Series appliances can support up to eight network ports; two or four 10
GbE ports (up to two NICs), and two or four 10 GbE ports on the LOM adapter, connected to the system
board. A node requires network connectivity to function as part of a cluster. If one network interface is
available, the failure of the other network interfaces does not cause service interruption.
A failed NIC is indicated by:
• No LED is illuminated for the network interface.
• Guest VM performance degrades.
• Guest VMs, the vSphere Web console, and nCLI are unavailable.
• VM migration fails with an error message, such as:
The migration was cancelled because the amount of changing memory for the VM
was greater than the available network bandwidth

Remove a PCIe adapter

Use this information to remove a PCIe adapter.
"Read the
installation
Guidelines" on
page 43
Before removing a PCIe adapter from the riser assembly:
1. ThinkAgile HX1321, and HX3321 Series appliances can contain zero or one LOM NIC, with two or four
ports, as well as up to two PCIe NICs. For nodes with multiple NICs, verify which has failed. Identify the
failed NIC by either checking in the XCC or checking the indicator lights on the network ports.
2. Place the node in maintenance mode by following the procedure
Replacement Documentation
3. Power off the node and if the cable management arm is not in place, disconnect all the cables.
4. Remove the appliance from the rack.
5. Remove the top cover.
6. Remove the riser assembly.
To remove a PCIe adapter, complete the following steps:
"Power off
the server
for this task"
on page 35
.
"ATTENTION:
Static Sensitive Device
Ground package before opening"
on page 45
Node Shutdown in the
.
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