Installing the IBM MAX5 1-node Scalability card
Use this information to install the IBM MAX5 1-node scalability card on a blade server.
To install the IBM MAX5 1-node scalability card, complete the following steps.
- Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines.
- If the blade server or scalable blade complex is installed in a BladeCenter chassis, remove it. See Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter chassis for instructions.
- Remove the cover for the blade server (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
- If an optional expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see Removing an expansion unit for instructions).NoteOptional expansion units are not supported when a
IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed. - Remove the 1-node Speed Burst card (see Installing the 1-node speed burst card) or scalability filler from the blade server, depending on which you have installed.To remove the scalability filler, complete the following steps:
- Using the socket nut driver provided with the scalability kit, loosen the nut that attaches the filler to the blade server.
- Lift the filler off of the blade server.
- Install the IBM MAX5 expansion blade (see Installing an IBM MAX5 expansion blade).
- Remove the cover for the expansion blade (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
- Stand the blade server and expansion blade upright on a clean, flat work surface, with the scalability connector on the blade servers facing up.
- Open the lower handles (rotate the lower handles down) to allow the blade server and expansion blade to sit flat on the work surface.
- Align the pins on the bottom of the IBM MAX5 1-node scalability card with the holes on the scalability connector on the blade server.
- Press down firmly so that the 1-node scalability card is flush with the scalability connector on the blade server.
- Make sure that the 1-node scalability card is flush with the edge of the blade server.
- Alternately tighten the screws on the 1-node scalability card by hand to ensure that the screw threads start properly.ImportantAlways hand tighten each screw before you use the 3/16" hex driver.
- Install the blade server cover (see Installing the blade server cover for instructions).
- Install the blade server into the chassis (see Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter chassis for instructions).
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