IBM HS12 - BladeCenter - 8028, Installation And User Manual

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5. If an optional expansion unit is installed, remove it (see “Removing an
optional expansion unit” on page 18).
6.
If an I/O expansion card or a high-speed expansion card is installed, remove
it.
7. Touch the static-protective package that contains the cKVM card to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the card from the
package.
8. Locate the cKVM connector and orient the cKVM card.
9. Slide the right side of the card (the side of the card that is away from the
cKVM connector) between the two tabs at the right side of the expansion card
bracket; then, gently pivot the card into the connector.
Note: For device-driver and configuration information to complete the
installation of the cKVM card, see the documentation that comes with the
card.
10. If you removed a small-form-factor expansion card or a high-speed expansion
card in step “Installing a concurrent KVM card” on page 24, reinstall it (see
“I/O expansion cards”).
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 30.
I/O expansion cards
Use this information to install an I/O expansion card, such as a SAS connectivity
card, in the blade server.
The illustrations show installation of the SAS connectivity card in the system
board; installing the card in an expansion unit is similar.
The blade server supports various types of I/O expansion cards. See
http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/serverproven/compat/us/ for a list of
available I/O expansion cards and their form-factor types. The following notes
describe information that you must consider when you install an I/O expansion
card:
v
The system board supports two I/O expansion cards. The supported cards are
the SAS connectivity card and the high-speed expansion card.
v
If an expansion unit is installed, you cannot install a high-speed expansion card
in the blade server; however, some expansion units do support installation of
additional I/O expansion cards. See the documentation for your expansion unit
for information.
Make sure that the BladeCenter unit and the I/O modules to which the I/O
expansion card is mapped support the network-interface type of the I/O expansion
card. For example, if you add an Ethernet expansion card to a blade server in a
Type 8677 BladeCenter unit, the I/O modules in I/O-module bays 3 and 4 on the
BladeCenter unit must both be compatible with the expansion card. All other
expansion cards that are installed in other blade servers in the BladeCenter unit
must also be compatible with these I/O modules. In this example, you can then
install two Ethernet switch modules, two pass-thru modules, or one Ethernet
switch module and one pass-thru module. Because pass-thru modules are
compatible with a variety of I/O expansion cards, installing two pass-thru
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