Step6.Carefullygrasptheadapterbyitstopedgeoruppercorners,andpulltheadapterfromthePCI
riser-cardassembly.
PCI riser assembly
Adapter
Expansion-slot filler
Screw
Figure44.Adapterremoval
Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheservercomponentoroptionaldevice,followallpackaginginstructions,
anduseanypackagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Replacinganadapter
Usethisinformationtoreplaceanadapter.
Thefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofadaptersthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthat
youmustconsiderwhenyouinstallanadapter:
•Toconfirmthattheserversupportstheadapterthatyouareinstalling,seehttp://www.lenovo.com/us/en/
serverproven/.
•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•TheadapterslotsareonthePCIriser-cardassembly.YoumustfirstremovethePCIriser-cardassembly
toaccesstheadapterslots.
•TheexpansionslotsonthePCIriser-cardassemblyaccommodatethevariousformfactorsofthe
non-hot-plugadaptersofPCIExpressGen3x16half-length,half-height
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