IBM QS22 - BladeCenter - 0793, Installation And User Manual

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Complete the following steps to install the high-speed expansion card:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page vii and “Installation guidelines”
on page 19.
2. If applicable, shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and
remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit. See “Removing the blade
server from the BladeCenter unit” on page 20.
3. Remove the blade server cover. See “Opening and removing the blade server
cover” on page 21.
4. If you also want to install a modular flash drive, do this before you proceed
with installing the high-speed expansion card. See “Installing the optional
modular flash drive” on page 24.
5. Locate the high-speed connector on the system board.
6. Remove the connector cover.
7. Locate the expansion card locator pins on the standoffs at the back of the
system board.
8. Locate the connector and the ball socket on the high-speed expansion card.
Connector
Locator pin holes
Ball socket
Locking clip
Figure 13. High-speed expansion card reverse view
Expansion card
standoffs
with locator pins
High-speed connector Ball stud
1
Figure 14. Expansion card connector, locator pins, and ball stud
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