Installing A Pcie Expansion Card - Dell EMC PowerEdge T150 Installation And Service Manual

3. If the expansion card is not going to be replaced, install a filler bracket and close the card retention latch.
NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in
proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Figure 38. Installing the filler bracket
Next steps
Replace the expansion card.

Installing a PCIe expansion card

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in
About this task
NOTE: The procedure to install the storage controller card and BOSS S1 is similar to installing the PCIe expansion card.
Steps
1. Press the blue retention latch and push down the latch to open it.
2. If installed, remove the filler bracket.
NOTE: Store the filler bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The filler brackets also keep dust and dirt out of
the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your system.
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