Step 5. Locate the 10Gb interposer card.
Step 6. Rotate the expansion-card standoffs to the open position.
Step 7. Use your fingers to hold the edge of the interposer card where it connects to the connector on the
system board; then, lift the card vertically up.
Installing an I/O expansion card
The following sections describe how to install the following expansion cards:
• vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv)
• horizontal-combination-form-factor (CFFh)
• 10Gb interposer card
Installing a CIOv-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to install a CIOv-form-factor expansion card in the blade server.
The blade server supports a vertical-combination-I/O (CIOv) expansion card and a horizontal-combination-
form-factor (CFFh) expansion card. The following illustration shows the location and installation of a CIOv
expansion card.
Attention:
If the expansion card is not running at the speed supported by the card, you can change the
maximum speed of the PCIe bus in the Setup Utility by selecting
System Settings
and
Devices and I/O
Ports
.
Expansion
card
To install a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:
Step 1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any
unpainted
metal
surface on the BladeCenter unit or any
unpainted
metal surface on any other grounded rack
component; then, remove the expansion card from the package.
Step 2. Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see “Blade server connectors” on page 7).
Step 3. Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector on the system
board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.
Step 4. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
Note:
For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of the expansion
card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion card.
Step 5. Install the cover onto the blade server (see “Installing the blade server cover” on page 73).
Step 6. Install the blade server into the BladeCenter unit (see “Installing the blade server in a BladeCenter
.
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