Installing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to install a CIOv-form-factor expansion card in the blade
server.
The blade server supports a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) expansion card and a
horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card. The following
illustration shows the location and installation of a CIOv expansion card.
To install a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
1. Before you begin, read “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on
page 21.
2. If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter unit, remove it (see “Removing
the blade server from the BladeCenter unit” on page 23 for instructions).
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. Open the blade server cover (see “Removing the blade server cover” on page
24 for instructions).
5. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface
on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion card from
the package.
6. Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see “Blade server connectors” on page
19).
7. Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector
on the system board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.
8. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
Note: For device-driver and configuration information to complete the
installation of the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the
expansion card.
9. If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 49.
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