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Installing expansion boards
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, remove the power
cord to remove power from the server. The front panel Power On/Standby button does not completely shut off
system power. Portions of the power supply and some internal circuitry remain active until AC power is removed.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all PCI slots have
either an expansion slot cover or an expansion board installed.
To install the component:
Prerequisites
Use these instructions to install expansion boards such as Smart I/O cards (DSC-25 2-port SFP28 card), solid state NVMe/
PCIe Add-In-Cards, HBAs, CNAs, InfiniBand adapters, and accelerators.
Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:
The components included with the hardware option kit
Procedure
1.
Power down the server.
2.
Remove all power:
a. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
b. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
3.
Do one of the following:
•
Extend the server from the rack.
•
Remove the server from the rack.
4.
Remove the access panel.
5.
Remove the riser cage.
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