The following illustration shows how to install an I/O expansion card on the bladeserver. The card is installed near IDE connector 2.PRESS HERE WHENINSTALLING CARDIBM I/O expansion cardI/O expansion trayShort screwsI/O expansion cardconnectorI/O expansion cardconnectorRaised hookComplete the following steps to install an I/O expansion card:1. Read the safety information beginning on page iii and “Installation guidelines” onpage 712. If the blade server is operating, shut down the operating system by typing theshutdown -h now command. Refer to your operating system documentation. Ifthe blade server was not turned off, press the power-control button (behind theblade-server control-panel door) to turn off the blade server. See “Blade servercontrols and LEDs” on page 14 for more information about the location of thepower-control button.3. Remove the blade server from the BladeCenter unit (see “Removing the bladeserver from the BladeCenter unit” on page 73 for information).4. Carefully place the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.5. Open the cover (see “Opening the blade server cover” on page 74 forinstructions).6. Install the I/O expansion card tray:a. If there is no IDE hard disk drive in IDE connector 2, remove the fourscrews as shown in the previous illustration. Then, continue with step 6c.b. If an IDE hard disk drive is in IDE connector 2, remove the hard disk driveand tray. Save the four long screws that secured the tray to the systemboard. Remove the riser card that connected the IDE hard disk drive to theblade server system board.c. Secure the tray to the system board with the screws from the option kit, asshown in the previous illustration.7. Install the I/O expansion card:a. Orient the I/O expansion card as shown in the previous illustration.b. Slide the notch in the narrow end of the card into the raised hook on thetray; then, gently pivot the wide end of the card into the I/O expansion cardconnectors, as shown in the previous illustration.Chapter 9. Installing options 81
