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To install an additional microprocessor, complete the following steps:
10. Use your fingers to remove the protective cover from the microprocessor
11. Install the microprocessor:
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BladeCenter LS21 Type 7971 and LS41 Type 7972: Installation and User's Guide
1. Read the safety information beginning on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 17.
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions.
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
20 for instructions).
5. If you are installing a microprocessor in the blade server and an expansion unit
is attached to the blade server, remove the expansion unit (see "Removing an
expansion unit" on page 21).
6. Locate microprocessor socket one, if a microprocessor is already installed then
locate the microprocessor socket two.
7. If you are installing a microprocessor in microprocessor socket two, remove
the bezel assembly (see "Removing the bezel assembly" on page 22 for
instructions).
8. Loosen the four captured screws that secure the heat-sink filler and then
remove the filler from the microprocessor socket.
9. Use your fingers to remove the dust cover from the microprocessor socket.
retainer.
Microprocessor
Alignment notches
(both sides)
Heat Sink
Microprocessor 2
Microprocessor 1
and Heat Sink
Bezel assembly
Protective
cover
Microprocessor retainer
Locking lever
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