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SBXL52: Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide
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If the hard disk drive installed in IDE connector 2 contains any information that you want to
keep, back it up to another storage device.
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If the hard disk drive installed in IDE connector 2 is part of a RAID array, unconfigure this
RAID array before removing the hard disk drive. See your operating system documentation for
instructions.
The following illustration shows how to install an I/O expansion card on the blade server. The card is
installed near IDE connector 2.
Complete the following steps to install an I/O expansion card:
1.
Review “Electrical Safety” on page vi and “Installation guidelines” on page 27.
2.
Shut down the operating system, turn off the blade server, and remove the blade server from the
SBCE unit (see “Removing the blade server from the SBCE unit” on page 33 for information).
3.
Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, non-conductive surface.
4.
Open the cover (see “Opening the blade server cover” on page 33 for instructions).
