IBM CFFh, Installation Manual

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While the device is still in its static-protective package, touch it to any unpainted
metal surface of the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface on any
other grounded component in the rack you are installing the device in for at
least 2 seconds. (This drains static electricity from the package and from your
body.)
v
Remove the device from its package and install it directly into the blade server
without setting down the device. If it is necessary to set down the device, put it
back into its static-protective package. Do not put the device on the blade server
cover or on a metal surface.
v Take additional care when you handle devices during cold weather. Heating
reduces indoor humidity and increases static electricity.
Installing the expansion card
Figure 1 on page 9 shows installation of the expansion card in a typical blade
server system board; the procedure for installing the card in an expansion unit is
similar. The appearance of your blade server or expansion unit might be different.
See the documentation that came with your blade server or expansion unit for
more information.
To install the expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and the guidelines in
“Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 7.
2.
If the blade server is installed in the BladeCenter unit, remove it (see the
documentation that came with your BladeCenter unit for instructions).
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4.
Open the blade server cover or expansion-unit cover (see the documentation
that came with your BladeCenter unit for instructions).
5. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter
®
unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion
card from the package.
6. Check the blade expansion connector on both the expansion card and the
blade server for gray protective covers, and if present, remove them.
7.
Hold the expansion card at an approximate 30° angle and slide the card into
mounting post until the card-guide holes are aligned with the locator pins on
the mounting posts. When the holes are properly aligned over the pins, the
card will pivot down slightly.
8. Press down firmly on the “Press to Install” label on the expansion card until
the connector on the expansion card is fully seated into the connector on the
blade server.
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