InstallingaPCIecardontherisercardassembly
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.
Youcaninstallafull-height,half-lengthPCIecardontherisercardassembly.Forservermodelswithonly
2.5-inch-drivebays,youalsocaninstallafull-length,full-heightPCIecardintoPCIeslot1orPCIeslot5.
Referto“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27tolocatetheslots.Toinstallafull-length,full-heightPCIe
card,ensurethatthefollowingrequirementsaremet:
Note:TheLenovoThinkServerRAID520iPCIeAdapter,theLenovoThinkServerRAID720iPCIeAdapter,or
afull-length,full-heightgraphicscardcanbeinstalledonlyinPCIeslot1.
•Yourserverhasnomorethan16harddiskdrivesinstalled.
•Yourserverhasnointernaltapedriveinstalled.
•Thepowersupplyis1100wattsorabove.
•Theambienttemperature(operating)rangesfrom10°C(50°F)to35°C(95°F).See“Specifications”on
page12.
•Themaximumthermaldesignpowerofeachmicroprocessoris120watts.
•Youhavereplacedthemicroprocessorheatsinksinyourserverwiththerequiredheatsinks(partnumber:
SH40A42844orSH40A42845).Ifyourserverhasonlyonemicroprocessorinstalled,installaheatsink
fillerintheunoccupiedmicroprocessorsocket.
•Youhaveinstalledmemoryfillersinunoccupiedmemoryslots.
•Youhavereplacedthecoolingshroudinyourserverwiththeonethatsupportsfull-length,full-height
PCIecards.Thecoolingshroudcomeswithoneortwostickers,eitheradheredtotheairlouvers
ontheshroudornot.
–IfthecardslotunderneathdoesnothaveaPCIecardinstalled,ensurethatastickerisadhered
tocoverthecorrespondingpartofairlouvers.
–IfthecardslotunderneathhasaPCIecardinstalled,ensurethatthecorrespondingstickerispeeledoff.
Figure68.Adheringorpeelingasticker
•IfthePCIecardneedsextrapowersupply,apowercableisavailabletoconnectthePCIecardtothe
powerdistributionboard.
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