IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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7. See the documentation that comes with the I/O expansion card for device-driver
and configuration information to complete the installation of the I/O expansion
card. Some documentation might also be on the IBM BladeCenter
Documentation CD that comes with the BladeCenter unit.
8. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 62.
Installing a PCI I/O expansion unit
You can install up to two PCI adapters by installing the Peripheral Card Interface
(PCI) I/O Expansion Unit on the blade server.
The following illustration shows how to install a PCI I/O Expansion Unit on a blade
server.
Air baffle
Cover
pins
PCI I/O Expansion Unit
option
Blade expansion
connector terminator
For complete information about installing this expansion unit, see the Installation
Instructions that comes with the optional expansion unit.
Installing a SCSI storage expansion unit
Attention: You must install a SCSI storage expansion unit that is specified for use
with the IBM HS40 Type 8839 blade server. Two types of SCSI storage expansion
units are available for BladeCenter products, only one of which is compatible with
the IBM HS40 Type 8839 blade server. See the ServerProven list at
http://www.ibm.com/pc/us/compat/ for more information.
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