InstallingaPCIecardontherisercardassembly
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage67.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Dependingonthespecifictype,thePCIecardmightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththePCIecardandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Thefollowingprocedureisbasedonthescenariothatyouwanttoinstallafull-height,half-lengthPCIecard
ontherisercard.Theprocedureissimilarifyouwanttoinstallafull-height,full-lengthPCIecardonthe
risercard.
ToinstallaPCIecardontherisercardassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage69.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.Removetherisercardassemblyandlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercard”onpage85
.
Note:APCIecardcanbeinstalledinanyPCIeslotthatsupportsit.See“Rearviewoftheserver”on
page25toidentifythePCIeslotsofyourserver.
5.LocateanappropriatePCIeslot.Pressthetabtopivotthecardlatchtotheopenposition.Then,remove
thePCIeslotbracketfromtherisercardassembly.Storethebracketincasethatyoulaterremovethe
PCIecardandneedthebrackettocovertheplace.
Figure63.RemovingthePCIeslotbracket
6.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthePCIecardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceontheoutside
oftheserver.Then,takethePCIecardoutofthepackage.
Chapter6.Replacinghardware93
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