Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Ensurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.
See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage86
.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage77.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage82.
5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboardandreadthememorymoduleinstallationrules.See
“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage86.
6.Disconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothememoryslots.
7.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.
Figure50.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.
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