Removing And Installing An I/O Expansion Card - IBM BladeCenter JS21 Types 8844 Service Manual

Removing and installing an I/O expansion card

The following sections describe how to remove and install small-form-factor and
standard-form-factor I/O expansion cards in the blade server.
Removing a small-form-factor expansion card
To remove a small-form-factor expansion card, complete the following steps.
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see "Removing
3. Remove the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on
4. Gently pivot the wide end of the card out of the expansion card connectors;
5. If you are instructed to return the expansion card, follow all packaging
Expansion card
on page 141.
the blade server from a BladeCenter unit" on page 143).
page 145).
then, slide the notched end of the card out of the raised hooks on the system
board and lift the card out of the blade server.
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
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