Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Thefollowingprocedureisbasedonthescenariothattherisercardisinstalledontherisercard
bracket1.Theprocedureissimilarforrisercardinstalledontherisercardbracket2.
Toreplacetherisercard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Loosenthescrewthatsecurestherisercardassembly.Then,grasptheassemblybyitsedgesand
carefullyliftitstraightupandoffthechassis.
Figure59.Removingtherisercardassemblyfromthechassis
5.IfthereisanyPCIecardinstalledontherisercard,recordthecableconnectionsfirst.Then,disconnect
allcablesfromthecardsandcompletelyremovetherisercardassemblyoutofthechassis.
6.RemovethePCIecardsthatareinstalledontherisercard.See“RemovingaPCIecardfromtheriser
cardassembly”onpage106.
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