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Appendix C: Replacing a Tall Bracket With a Short Bracket
This section provides instructions on how to remove the tall bracket of a standard Mellanox Tech-
nologies adapter card and replace it with a short one. It includes the following sections:
C.1
Remove the Existing Bracket from the Adapter Card
Figure 12: Remove the Bracket
1. Remove the two screws holding the bracket in place.
2. The bracket comes loose from the card. Push the bracket off using equal pressure at the top and
bottom of the bracket.
3. Save the two screws and the two fiber washers.
C.2
Installing the New Bracket
1. Remove the paper to expose the adhesive on the gasket.
2. Place the gasket onto the new bracket. Make sure to correctly align the gasket with the hole in
the bracket.
3. If the old gasketis still on the card, remove it before installing the new bracket. Make sure that
only one gasket per port is used.
Be careful not to put stress on the LEDs.
Screws
Gasket
LEDs
