8. Install the blade cover from the BladeCenter HX5 (see Installing the blade
server cover).
Important: The BladeCenter HX5 blade cover contains the system-service label
on the bottom of the cover.
9. Install the blade server or scalable blade complex into the BladeCenter chassis
(see Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter chassis for instructions).
Removing an expansion unit
Use these instructions to remove an expansion unit from a blade server or from the
topmost blade server in a scalable blade complex.
Blade server
cover release
Blade server
cover release
Cover
Pins
To open and remove an expansion unit, complete the following steps.
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 23.
2. If the blade server or scalable blade complex is installed in a BladeCenter
chassis, remove it. See Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter chassis
for instructions.
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, orienting the
blade server with the bezel pointing toward you.
4. Open the blade server cover (see “Removing the blade server cover” on page
25 for instructions).
5. Press the blade server cover release on each side of the blade server and lift the
expansion unit from the blade server.
6. Rotate the expansion blade open; then, lift the expansion blade from the blade
server.
7. If additional expansion units need to be removed, repeat steps 5 and 6.
8. If you are instructed to return the expansion unit, follow all packaging
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
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