IBM BladeCenter QS22 Type 0793, Service Manual

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Complete the following steps to remove BladeCenter PCI Express I/O Expansion
Unit:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page vii and “Installation guidelines”
on page 29.
2. Carefully place the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the
expansion unit side facing up.
3. Press the blue blade cover release on each side of the blade server and lift the
expansion unit (see Figure 7).
4. To remove the expansion unit, carefully lift it from the cover pins and set it
aside.
Removing the blade-server front bezel assembly
Before you can add, remove, or replace system memory DIMM modules, replace a
defective system board assembly, or replace the blade server front bezel assembly,
you must first remove the blade server front bezel assembly.
Cover pins
Cover release
Cover release
Figure 7. Removing the expansion unit
Chapter 4. Installing and removing replaceable units
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