Dell EMC PowerEdge XR2 - Installing an Expansion Card into the Expansion Card Riser

NOTE: You must install a ller bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in
proper cooling and airow inside the system.
Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 If installing a new expansion card, unpack it and prepare the card for installation.
NOTE: For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
Steps
1 Lift the expansion card latch on the riser (Low prole expansion riser 1).
2 If installed, remove the ller bracket.
NOTE: Store the ller bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the
system and aid in proper cooling and airow inside the system.
Figure 56. Removing ller bracket for low prole riser
3 Hold the card by its edges, and align the card edge connector with the expansion card connector on the riser.
4 Insert the card edge connector rmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully seated.
5 Close the expansion card retention latch.
Installing and removing system components
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