Removing a horizontal-compact-form-factor expansion card
Use these instructions to remove a compact-form-factor expansion card from the blade server.
The following illustration shows how to remove a horizontal-compact-form-factor (CFFh) expansion card.
To remove a CFFh expansion card, complete the following steps:
- 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).
- Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
- Open the blade server cover (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
- Locate the CFFh expansion card. The CFFh expansion card is installed into the blade expansion connector (see Blade server connectors).
- Rotate the expansion-card standoffs to the open position.
- Lift the release lever to disengage the CFFh expansion card from the expansion connector on the system board.
- Use your fingers to hold the edge of the CFFh expansion card where it connects to the blade expansion connector; then, lift the card vertically out of the expansion connector.
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