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

Installing a combination-form-factor expansion card

The combination-form-factor expansion card consists of two parts, the
combination-form-factor vertical (CFFv) card and the combination-form-factor
horizontal (CFFh) card. To install a combination-form-factor expansion card,
complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page "Safety" on page v and
2. Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the
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
5. Install the CFFv card:
6. Install the CFFh card:
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blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See "Removing the blade server from
the BladeCenter unit" on page 19 for instructions.
instructions).
The following illustration shows how to install a CFFv expansion card into the
blade server; installing a combination-form-factor expansion card in a MPE unit
is similar.
a. Locate the I/O-expansion card connector (see "Blade server connectors" on
page 14).
b. Orient the CFFv card over the I/O-expansion card connector.
c. Press the CFFv card into the I/O-expansion card connector.
The following illustration shows how to install a CFFh expansion card into the
blade server; installing a combination-form-factor expansion card in a MPE unit
is similar.
a. Locate the blade-expansion connector (see "Blade server connectors" on
page 14).