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Step8.Rotatetheadapter-retentionbracketstothecloseposition.
Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheservercomponentoroptionaldevice,followallpackaginginstructions,
anduseanypackagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Installinganadapter
Usethisinformationtoinstallanadapter.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofadaptersthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallanadapter:
•Toconfirmthattheserversupportstheadapterthatyouareinstalling,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/
serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•Donotsetthemaximumdigitalvideoadapterresolutionabove1600x1200at75HzforanLCDmonitor.
Thisisthehighestresolutionthatissupportedforanyadd-onvideoadapterthatyouinstallintheserver.
•Avoidtouchingthecomponentsandgold-edgeconnectorsontheadapter.
•TheserverusesarotationalinterrupttechniquetoconfigurePCIadapterssothatyoucaninstallPCI
adaptersthatdonotsupportsharingofPCIinterrupts.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausetheservertostop,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenworkinginsidethe
serverwiththepoweron.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagev
and“Installationguidelines”onpage29.
Ifyouarereplacingaservercomponentintheserver,youneedtoturnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,
anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
ReadthefollowingtablebeforeinstallingmemorymoduleswhenanyNVIDIAadaptersisinstalled.
Table34.NVIDIAvideoadapterconfigurations
DescriptionSupportedmaximumtotalmemorysize
NVIDIATeslaK8,K40c,andM60(Active)
1TB
NVIDIAQuadroK620,K5200,K6000,M5000,andM6000
1TB
Notes:
•Ifyouradapterwaspreviouslyconfigured,backuporrecorditsconfigurationinformation,ifpossible,
beforereplacingtheadapter.Seethedocumentationforyouradapterforinformationandinstructions.
•IfyouarereplacingaServeRAIDadapter,importyourRAIDconfigurationtothereplacementadapteras
aforeignconfigurationafteryoufinishthereplacement.SeetheServeRAID-MSoftwareUserGuideat
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/migr-5086126forinstructions.
•TheIntelX7102x10GbESFP+Adaptersupports10-Gbpstransferrateonly.
Toinstallanadapter,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Carefullyturntheserveronitssidesothatitislyingflat,withthecoverfacingup.
Attention:Donotallowtheservertofallover.
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