IBM X3850 X6, Installation And Service Manual

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Removing the half-length I/O book
This information provides instructions for removing the half-length I/O book.
About this task
To remove the half-length I/O book, complete the following steps:
Procedure
1. Read the safety information and installation guidelines, see “Safety” on page vii
and “Installation guidelines” on page 45.
2.
The half-length I/O book is hot-swappable if no adapters are installed in the
I/O book. If adapters are installed in the I/O book, you must first press the
Power button
on the I/O book (or via the operating system) and power-off all
three PCIe adapter slots before you remove the I/O book from the server. The
slots LED lights will be off when the slots are off-line.
3. Remove any external cables that are attached to the adapters.
4. Press the blue release latch downward; then, rotate the handle all the way
down and slide the I/O book out of the server.
5.
Open the adapter retention latch.
6. Remove the adapters from the I/O book (see “Removing an adapter” on page
230).
Results
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 119.
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