Installing an optional expansion unit
Use these instructions to install an optional expansion unit.
The optional expansion units supported for this blade server are the PCI Express
I/O expansion unit.
Attention: If a horizontal combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card is
installed on the blade server system board, you cannot install an optional
expansion unit.
Notes:
1. The following illustration shows an optional expansion unit in a blade server.
2. The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
To install an optional expansion unit, complete the following steps.
Blade server
cover release
Expansion unit
Blade server
cover release
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 19.
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see “Removing
the blade server from the BladeCenter unit” on page 21 for instructions).
3. Remove the blade server cover (see “Removing the blade server cover” on page
22).
4. Locate the blade expansion connector and remove the cover if one is installed
(see “Blade server connectors” on page 18).
5. Touch the static-protective package that contains the optional expansion unit to
any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the optional
expansion unit from the package.
6. Orient the optional expansion unit as shown in the illustration.
7. Lower the expansion unit so that the slots at the rear slide down onto the cover
pins at the rear of the blade server; then, pivot the expansion unit down onto
the blade server.
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