Installing a PCI riser-card assembly
To install a PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps.
About this task
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Procedure
1. Read the safety information that begins on page “Safety” on page v and
“Installation guidelines” on page 37.
2. Make sure that the server and all peripheral devices are turned off and that the
power cords and all external cables are disconnected.
3. Reinstall any adapters and reconnect any internal cables that you removed in
other procedures.
4. Align the PCI riser-card assembly with the selected PCI riser-card connector on
the system board:
v PCI riser-card connector 1: Carefully fit the two alignment slots on the side
of the assembly onto the two alignment brackets in the side of the chassis.
v PCI riser-card connector 2: Carefully align the bottom edge (the contact edge)
of the riser-card assembly with the PCI riser-card connector on the system
board.
PCI riser-card
assembly 2
PCI riser-card
assembly 1
PCI riser-card
assembly 2
PCI riser-card
assembly 1
Alignment
brackets
Alignment
slots
PCI riser
connector 1
PCI riser
connector 2
Figure 32. PCI riser-card assembly installation
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