Installing The Expansion Card In The Blade Server - Intel SBCEFCSW Hardware Maintenance Manual

Handling static-sensitive devices
Attention: Static electricity can damage electronic devices, including your blade server. To avoid
damage, keep static-sensitive devices in their static-protective packages until you are ready to install
them.
To reduce the possibility of damage from electrostatic discharge, observe the following precautions:
• Limit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up around you.
• Handle the device carefully, holding it by its edges or its frame.
• Do not touch solder joints, pins, or exposed circuitry.
• Do not leave the device where others can handle and damage it.
• While the device is still in its static-protective package, touch it to an unpainted metal part of the
SBCE unit for at least 2 seconds. This drains static electricity from the package and from your
body.
• Remove the device from its package and install it directly into the blade server without setting
down the device. If it is necessary to set down the device, place it back into its static-protective
package. Do not place the device on your blade server cover or on a metal surface.
• Take additional care when handling devices during cold weather. Heating reduces indoor
humidity and increases static electricity.

Installing the Expansion Card in the blade server

Complete the following steps to install the Expansion Card in a blade server:
NOTE
Because the retentions assemblies are similar, the installation instructions below can also be
used when installing a Fibre Channel Expansion Card on future blade server models.
1. Read "Safety information" on page 161
2. Read "Handling static-sensitive devices."
3. Ensure that one Fibre Channel Switch Module is installed in I/O module bay 3 or bay 4 in the
SBCE unit. See the SBCEFVSW Switch Module Installation Guide for detailed installation
instructions.
NOTE
You must install at least one Fibre Channel switch module in the SBCE unit when you
install the Fibre Channel Expansion Card in a blade server. Installing a second Fibre
Channel switch module in the SBCE unit provides a backup switch in case one switch
module fails.
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