Permanently Removing A Pcie Adapter From The System; Preparing The System To Permanently Remove A Pcie Adapter From The System - IBM Power System System E950 Manual

Permanently removing a PCIe adapter from the 9040-MR9 system
Find information about permanently removing Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe)
adapters from the IBM Power System E950 (9040-MR9) server.
About this task
Note: Removing or replacing this feature is a customer task. You can complete this task yourself, or
contact a service provider to complete the task for you. You might be charged a fee by the service
provider for this service.
If your system is managed by the Hardware Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to repair a part in
the system. For instructions, see Repairing a part by using the HMC (www.ibm.com/support/
knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9haj/p9haj_hmc_repair.htm).
If your system is not managed by an HMC, complete the steps in the following procedures to permanently
remove a PCIe adapter from the system.
Preparing the 9040-MR9 system to permanently remove a PCIe adapter
To prepare the system to permanently remove a PCIe adapter from the system, complete the steps in this
procedure.
Procedure
1. Take appropriate precautions for avoiding electric shock and for handling static-sensitive devices. For
more information, see "Avoiding electric shock" on page 49 and "Handling static-sensitive devices"
on page 51.
2. Review the locations of the PCIe adapter slots and the service indicators for the PCIe adapter that
you want to service. The PCIe adapters are installed in the rear of the system. Figure 26 on page 39
shows the locations of the PCIe adapters in a 9040-MR9 system and the locations of the light-
emitting diodes (LEDs) for the PCIe adapter.
The number of the PCIe adapter slots that are available in the system depends on the number of
system processors in the system. For the PCIe adapter placement information for the available slots
in this system, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities for the 9040-MR9.
The PCIe adapter has two LEDs that indicate the status:
• A power/activity LED (green)
• An error and identify function LED (amber)
The status of the LEDs are as follows:
• (B) Indicates that the PCIe adapter is operating correctly. The green power LED (top LED) is lit solid
and the amber fault LED (bottom LED) is off.
• (C) Indicates that the PCIe adapter is not operating correctly. The green power LED (top LED) is lit
solid and the amber fault LED (bottom LED) is lit solid.
• (D) Indicates the faulty or failed PCIe adapter was selected by using the identify function. The
green power LED (top LED) is lit and the amber fault LED (bottom LED) is flashing.
Attention: If the PCIe adapter is operating correctly, then the Activity LED is ON (green) and
the Error amber LED is OFF, as shown in (B). Do not attempt to remove a working PCIe
adapter.
38 Power Systems: PCIe adapters for the 9040-MR9