Step 2. Lower the new backplane into the chassis and insert the new backplane into the backplane slot.
Then, carefully rotate the top edge of the new backplane toward the drive cage until it is secured by
the release tab.
Figure 46. Installation of the backplane for four 3.5-inch hot-swap drives
Step 3. Connect the cables to the new backplane and the system board. See “Hot-swap-drive backplane”
on page 34.
Install a PCIe adapter
Use this information to install a PCIe adapter.
“Read the
installation
Guidelines” on
page 58
“Power off
the server for
this task” on
page 109
“ATTENTION:
Static Sensitive Device
Ground package before opening”
on page 59
Observe the following guidelines when select a PCIe slot:
• For server models that support NVMe drives, the NVMe adapter can be installed only in PCIe slot 2.
• For RAID adapters or host bus adapters, you can install them in either PCIe slot 1 or PCIe slot 2.
• For server models with one processor, you can install a double-width graphics adapter only in PCIe slot 3.
For server models with two processors, you can install up to two double-width graphics adapters in PCIe
slot 3 and PCIe slot 5. After any double-width graphics adapter is installed, PCIe slot 4 or PCIe slot 6
becomes unavailable because the space is occupied by the double-width adapter.
Notes:
• Depending on the specific type, your PCIe adapter might look different from the illustration in this topic.
• Use any documentation that comes with the PCIe adapter and follow those instructions in addition to the
instructions in this topic.
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