Removing a high-speed expansion card
Use this information to remove a high-speed expansion card.
To remove a high-speed expansion card, complete the following steps.
Note
- The following illustration shows how to remove a high-speed expansion card, such as an InfiniBand expansion card, from the system board.
- The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
- Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines.
- If the blade server is installed in a BladeCenter® unit, remove it (see Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter unit for instructions).
- Remove the blade server cover (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
- Rotate the extraction lever upward to disengage the blade server expansion connector.
- Pivot the narrow end of the card away from the blade server expansion connector; then, slide the slots at the back end of the card out of the expansion-card standoffs and lift the card out of the blade server.
- If you are instructed to return the expansion card, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
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