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NovaScale Blade 2021 Installation and User’s Guide
a. Install the expansion card tray. Secure the tray to the system board with the screws from the
option kit, as shown Figure 11.
b. Orient the expansion card and slide the notch in the narrow end of the card into the raised
hook on the tray; then gently pivot the wide end of the card into the expansion card
connectors.
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NOTE
For device driver and configuration information to complete the installation of the
expansion card, see the documentation for the option.
7. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to “Completing the
installation” on page 42.
Installing the NovaScale Blade Server SCSI Expansion
Module
The NovaScale Blade Server SCSI Expansion Module supports up to two hot-swap SCSI hard disk
drives and up to two standard form-factor I/O cards or two small form-factor I/O cards.
To help ensure proper cooling and system reliability, make sure that:
• Each of the blade bays on the front of the NovaScale Blade Chassis unit has either a NovaScale
Blade Server or filler blade installed.
• A removed hot-swap NovaScale Blade Server or filler blade is replaced within 1 minute of
removal.
• Each of the SCSI hard disk drive bays on the SCSI storage expansion unit contains either a hot-
swap SCSI hard disk drive or a filler panel.
Filler panels
SBCE SCSI Storage
Expansion Unit