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Removing an I/O expansion card
The following sections describe how to remove the following expansion cards:
v vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv)
v horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh)
v CIOv storage interface card
Removing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to remove a CIOv-form-factor expansion card in the blade
server.
The following illustration shows how to remove a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv)
expansion card.
To removel a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
page 49.
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see "Removing
the blade server from the BladeCenter unit" on page 52 for instructions).
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover (see "Removing the blade server cover" on page
55 for instructions).
5. 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.
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