Installing A High-Speed Expansion Card - IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual

10. For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of
11. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to

Installing a high-speed expansion card

The following illustration shows how to install a high-speed expansion card on the
blade server system board. This procedure also applies to the MPE unit.
To install a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps:
10. For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of
11. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion
card.
"Completing the installation" on page 46.
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 for
instructions).
5. A high-speed expansion card can be installed in a blade server without an
expansion unit or it can be installed in an MPE unit that is attached to the
blade server. You cannot install a high-speed expansion card in a blade server
to which an expansion unit will be connected. If you are installing a high-speed
expansion card in a blade server that has an expansion unit, remove the
expansion unit (see "Removing an expansion unit" on page 21).
6. 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.
7. Locate the expansion-card connectors and remove the blade expansion
connector cover, if one is installed (see "Blade server connectors" on page 14).
8. Orient the expansion card and slide the slots at the back end of the card onto
the pins on the expansion-card standoff; then, pivot the card into the
expansion-card connector.
9. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion
card.
"Completing the installation" on page 46.
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