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Important: If you are installing only one I/O expansion card in your blade server, it
must be installed in connector location 2.
Complete the following steps to install an I/O expansion card:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 24
5. Remove the two screws near connector J8H1 (or connector J4H1, if you are
6. Install the I/O expansion card:
7. See the documentation that comes with the I/O expansion card for device-driver
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blade server from the BladeCenter unit (see "Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit" on page 22 for information).
for instructions) and lift it off the blade server.
installing an I/O expansion card in I/O expansion location 2) that secure the I/O
board to the unit, as shown in the illustration.
a. Install the I/O expansion card tray. Secure the tray to the I/O board with the
four screws from the option kit, as shown in the illustration.
b. Orient the I/O expansion card as shown in the illustration.
c. Slide the notch in the narrow end of the card into the raised hook on the
tray; then, gently pivot the wide end of the card into the I/O expansion card
connectors, as shown in the illustration.
and configuration information to complete the installation of the I/O expansion
card. Some documentation might also be on the IBM BladeCenter
Documentation CD or the IBM BladeCenter T Documentation CD that comes
with the blade server.
I/O expansion card
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I/O expansion
card tray