Installing An Expansion-Card Bracket - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

Installing an expansion-card bracket

If you are installing a standard-form-factor expansion card, you must also install an
expansion card tray. The expansion-card bracket comes in the box with your blade
server. Some blade server models might already have an installed expansion-card
bracket instead of a SAS drive tray where the connector for SAS drive 1 is located
(see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
The following illustration shows how to install the expansion-card bracket on the
system board.
To install the expansion-card bracket, complete the following steps:
10. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" 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 standard-form-factor expansion card in the blade server
and a MPE unit or expansion unit is attached to the blade server, remove the
device (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page 21).
6. Locate SAS connector 1 (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
7. If a SAS drive is installed into SAS connector 1, remove the SAS drive and the
drive tray (see "Removing a SAS drive" on page 26 and "Removing a SAS
drive tray" on page 24).
8. Orient the expansion-card bracket so that the screw holes in the bracket are
lined up with the two screw holes in front of SAS connector 1 and closest to
the side of the blade server. The flat side of the expansion-card bracket should
be towards the side of the blade server.
9. Use a screwdriver to install two screws into the expansion-card bracket to
attach the tray to the system board.
"Completing the installation" on page 46.
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