Center Plane; Center Plane Connectors, Jumpers And Leds; Center Plane Connectors And Jumpers - IBM eServer 445 xSeries Hardware Maintenance Manual And Troubleshooting Manual

10. Push down on the release handle ( 3 ) and pull it forward, which causes the
11. Continue to slide the PCI brick as far forward as possible, and then slightly to
12. Lift the PCI brick straight up and out of the server ( 5 ).
13. To reinstall the PCI brick, reverse the above steps.

Center plane

This section shows the locations of items on the center plane and contains
information about removing and replacing the center plane.

Center plane connectors, jumpers and LEDs

The following illustrations identify connectors and LEDs on the center plane. This
center plane is used to connect the power and signal paths for the SMP Expansion
Module, I/O board, and the Remote Supervisor Adapter.

Center plane connectors and jumpers

The location of connectors and jumpers on the center plane are illustrated in
Figure 104.
Force power-on
(J37)
SCSI
power (J9)
Power
(J11)
Power
(J19)
Power
(J23)
Figure 104. Center plane connectors
9. Disconnect the cables between the PCI brick and the DASD backplane (see
"DASD backplane" on page 175).
Note: Although the DASD backplane itself does not have to be removed,
failure to disconnect the DASD backplane cables may result in the PCI
brick becoming entangled in these cables at step 11.
PCI brick to slide forward slightly.
the right ( 4 ).
Note: The PCI brick connects to the chassis with tabs that connect with seven
slots on the bottom of the chassis and two slots on the side of the
chassis. Line up the tabs on the PCI brick with the slots on the chassis,
and then slide the PCI brick into place.
Light path (J8)
J30 J32 J31 J29 J28
Reserved
SMP 2 (J14)
VRM (J12) Serial port (J7)
Thumbscrews SMP 1 (J24)
Chapter 6. FRU information (service only)
SMP 2
(J15)
SMP 1
(J25)
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