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novascale Blade BL465 - Installation and User's Guide
3.14.1 Installing a CIOv expansion card
Use these instructions to install a CIOv-form-factor expansion card in the blade server.
The blade server supports a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) expansion card and a
horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card. The following illustration shows
the location and installation of a CIOv expansion card
Figure 3-18. Installing a CIOv form-factor expansion card
To install a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and Installation guidelines on
page 23.
2. If the blade server is installed in a Blade Chassis, remove it (see Removing the blade
server from the Blade Chassis on page 25 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 26 for
instructions).
5. If a CFFh expansion card is installed, remove it (see Removing a CFFh expansion card
on page 47).
6. Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see Blade server connectors on page 21).
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any unpainted
metal surface on the Blade Chassis or any unpainted metal surface on any other
grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion card from the package
8. Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector on the
system board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.