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Chapter 2. Installing the Multiprocessor Expansion unit
The following illustration shows how to install an MPE unit on the blade server.
Note: The MPE unit must be installed directly on the blade server and should not
be installed on another expansion device.
To install the MPE unit or an expansion unit, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 1.
2. Locate the blade server that will be used with the MPE and remove it from
the BladeCenter unit, see “Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter
unit” on page 7.
3. If the blade server cover is installed, remove it now (see “Opening the blade
server cover” on page 8).
4.
If the blade-expansion-connector cover on your blade server is installed,
remove it by pulling the cover off of the connector. The following illustration
shows how to remove the blade-expansion-connector cover.
5.
If an LS22 optimizer card is installed on your blade server, remove it (see
“Removing the LS22 optimizer” on page 9). Put the LS22 optimizer card in a
safe place.
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