Table of Contents
Advertisement
Removing an expansion unit
The following illustration shows how to remove the MPE unit from a double-width
type blade server.
Note: The following illustration shows how to remove an MPE from the blade
To remove an expansion unit, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
2. Open the blade server cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 20
3. If the expansion unit has an extraction device (such as a thumbscrew or a
4. Rotate the expansion unit open; then, lift the expansion unit from the blade
server; removing another type of expansion unit from a blade server is
similar.
Blade-cover
release
page 17.
for instructions).
lever), use it to disengage the expansion unit from the blade server; otherwise,
press the blade-cover release on each side of the blade server to disengage the
expansion unit from the blade server.
server.
Note: Do not rotate the expansion unit open to more than a 90 degree angle
from the blade server.
Extraction
thumbscrew
Expansion unit
Blade expansion
connector cover
Blade-cover
release
MPE unit
connector
cover
Chapter 3. Installing options
21
Advertisement
Table of Contents
