Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeserialportmoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthistopic.
Toremovetheserialportmodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.LocatetheserialportmoduleinPCIeslot8.See“Rearviewoftheserver”onpage27.
5.Disconnecttheserial-port-modulecablefromthesystemboard.
6.Openthecardlatchandremovetheserialportmodulefromthechassis.
Figure93.Removingtheserialportmodule
7.Installanewserialportmodule,aPCIecard,oraslotbrackettocovertheplace.
8.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheserialportmodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage206
.
Installingorremovingtheopticalmodule
Theopticalmoduleenablesyoutoconnecttwonetworkdeviceswithopticalfibercables.Theoptical
moduleisneededonlyonsomePCIecards.
Note:TheopticalmoduleisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage74firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
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