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1 Box contents

Make sure you receive all items of your shipment:

One ATCA-754x blade 

One printed copy of 

Quick Start Guide

 (this document)

One printed copy of 

Safety Notes Summary

• Any optional items ordered

When installing or servicing the system or accessories, 
strictly observe the safety precautions in the 

Safety Notes 

Summary

. Ignoring these instructions can void the system 

warranty and cause personal injury or property damage.

2 ESD

Electrostatic discharge and incorrect installation or 
removal of the product can damage circuit or shorten its 
life.

Use a properly grounded ESD wrist strap or work in an 
ESD-safe environment. 

Connect to the ESD connector at the front or the rear of 
the system.

3 Site preparation

Prior to installation, prepare your site. For information on the 
environmental and power requirements, see the 

ATCA-7540 Series 

Installation and Use

 manual. 

Operating temperatures refer to the temperature of the air circulating 
around the blade and not to the actual component temperature.

4 Install the DIMM

NOTE: 

Some blade variants come with the DIMM already installed. 

For thermal safety concerns, no 4-rank DIMMs or stacked DIMMs 
are allowed. At least one DDR4 VLP RDIMM must be installed in a 
socket labeled DIMM A through DIMM F, see the marking on the 
outside edge of the blade. Installing RDIMMs in the remaining 
sockets is optional.

For a list of tested memory modules, refer to the 

ATCA-7540 Series 

Installation and Use

 manual.

1. Open the locks of the memory module socket.
2. Orient the memory module to the correct key position of the 

socket. 

3. Press the memory module carefully into the socket. As soon as 

the memory module is fully inserted, the locks close 
automatically.

4. If necessary, repeat steps 1-3 to install additional memory 

modules.

5. Install the blade into the system (see 

Step 6, Install the blade

).

5 Install the M.2 NVME SSD 

module

Some blade variants come with up to two M.2 NVME SSD modules 
already installed; the blade can be installed directly into the system 
(see Step 6). 

Some blade variants do not have M.2 NVME SSD modules 
installed. If SSD modules are needed, please refer to the 

SSD Module and Hardware Kit NVME-M.2-1TB Quick Start Guide

 

(P/N 6806868A01) for installation instructions. This document can 
be found using the Documentation Search function at

https://www.smartembedded.com/ec/support/

. Once installed, 

proceed to 

Step 6, Install the blade

6 Install the blade

The following procedure assumes that the system is powered. If it is 
not powered, disregard the blue LED information below and skip its 
respective step(s). 

1. Prior to installing the blade into the slot, slide the top and 

bottom latches into the handle release position and pull the 
handles outward to unlatch the handles from the faceplate. Do 
not pull the handles fully outward.

2. Insert the blade into the shelf by aligning the top and bottom 

edges of the blade in the card guides of the shelf. 

3. Apply equal and steady pressure to the blade to carefully slide 

the blade into the shelf until you feel resistance. Continue to 
push the blade gently until the blade connectors engage.

4. Fully insert the blade and push the handles towards the 

faceplate. The latches automatically slide inwards and lock the 
handles. 

NOTE: 

If the shelf is powered, the blue LED (H/S) illuminates as 

soon as the blade is connected to the backplane power pins. 
When the blade is completely installed, the blue LED starts to 
blink. This indicates that the blade has signified its presence to 
the shelf management controller.

5. Wait until the blue LED is switched off and then fasten the 

faceplate screws to secure the blade to the shelf. Torque the 
faceplate screws to 0.40 N-m. 

NOTE:

 When the blue LED is switched off and the green LED (IS) 

is switched on, this indicates that the payload has been powered 
up and the blade is active.

6. Connect cables to the faceplate, if applicable. Refer to the

 

ATCA-7540 Series Installation and Use 

manual.

NOTE:

 If an RTM is connected to the Your Product blade, make 

sure that the handles of both the RTM and the ATCA-7540 blade are 
closed in order to power up the blade’s payload.

ATCA-754x Series

Quick Start Guide

P/N: 6806871A06A   July 2020

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