Expansion cards
Isilon IQ node expansion cards use a PCI Express (PCIe) bus for communication between the expansion cards and the node
motherboard.
General ESD guidelines
Always follow electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention procedures when removing and replacing cards, memory, and other
system components. You must use a wrist strap, attached to the node chassis, for grounding.
Required hardware
•
Replacement PCIe card. The card can be one of the following types:
•
InfiniBand/non-volatile RAM (IB/NVRAM) card
•
Serial-attached SCSI (SAS) card
•
GigE or 10 GigE network interface card (NIC)
•
ESD grounded wrist strap
•
#2 Phillips screwdriver or #2 JIS driver
Removing the riser card assembly
You can remove the riser card assembly to access the SAS drive controller card and IB/NVRAM card for a node.
1. Log in to the node that contains the failed card you want to replace.
2. Type
shutdown -p now
, and then press ENTER to shut down the node.
3. Unplug both power cables from the back panel of the node.
4. Remove the top panel from the node.
For more information, see
on page 38.
5. On the rear panel of the node, loosen the captive screw on the I/O panel.
1
1 I/O panel captive screw
Figure 13. 4U Isilon IQ rear panel
6. Disconnect the riser card from the motherboard and remove the riser card assembly from the node.
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