Lenovo System x3250 M4 - Installing an Adapter

Figure18.DIMMinstallation
Step3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheDIMMtoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheDIMMfromthepackage.
Step4.TurntheDIMMsothatthealignmentslotaligncorrectlywiththealignmenttab.
Step5.InserttheDIMMintotheconnectorbyaligningtheedgesoftheDIMMwiththeslotsattheendsof
theDIMMconnector.
Step6.FirmlypresstheDIMMstraightdownintotheconnectorbyapplyingpressureonbothendsofthe
DIMMsimultaneously.TheretainingclipssnapintothelockedpositionwhentheDIMMisfirmly
seatedintheconnector.
Note:IfthereisagapbetweentheDIMMandtheretainingclips,theDIMMhasnotbeencorrectly
inserted;opentheretainingclips,removetheDIMM,andthenreinsertit.
Ifyouhaveotherdevicestoinstall,dosonow.Otherwise,goto“Completingtheinstallation”onpage54.
Installinganadapter
Usethisinformationtoinstallanadapter.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofadaptersthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallanadapter:
•Toconfirmthattheserversupportstheadapterthatyouareinstalling,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/
serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•TheadapterslotsareonthePCIriser-cardassembly.YoumustfirstremovethePCIriser-cardassembly
toaccesstheadapterslots.
•TheexpansionslotsonthePCIriser-cardassemblyaccommodatethevariousformfactorsofthe
non-hot-plugadaptersasfollows:
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