Installing A Standard-Form-Factor Expansion Card - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

Installing a standard-form-factor expansion card

The following illustration shows how to install a standard-form-factor expansion card
in the blade server system board. This procedure also applies to the MPE unit.
To install a standard-form-factor expansion card, complete the following steps:
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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 cover (see "Opening the blade server cover" on page 20).
5. If you are installing the expansion card in the blade server and an expansion
unit is installed, complete the following steps:
a. Remove the expansion unit (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page
21).
b. If a drive is connected to SAS connector 1, remove the SAS drive (see
"Removing a SAS drive" on page 26).
c. If a drive tray is installed in front of SAS connector 1, remove the drive tray
(see "Removing a SAS drive tray" on page 24). Save the screws and the
drive tray in a safe place.
d. Install the expansion-card bracket, if it is not already installed. Secure the
bracket to the system board with the screws from the removed drive tray
(see "Installing an expansion-card bracket" on page 33).
6. Install the expansion-card bracket, if it is not already installed. Secure the
bracket to the system board with the screws from the removed drive tray (see
"Installing an expansion-card bracket" on page 33).
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion
card from the package.
8. Locate the expansion-card connector and orient the expansion card with the
connector on the blade server (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
9. Slide the notch in the narrow end of the card into the raised hook on the
expansion-card bracket; then, gently pivot the wide end of the card into the
expansion-card connector.