Removing an SSD expansion card
Use this information to remove an SSD expansion card.
To remove an SSD expansion 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.
- Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
- If you are removing the SSD expansion card from a blade server that is the bottom blade server in a scalable blade complex, disassemble the blade complex (see Disassembling a scalable blade complex 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. - If an IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed, remove it (see Removing an IBM MAX5 expansion blade for instructions).
- Open the blade server cover (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
- If a CFFh expansion card is installed, remove it (see Removing a CFFh expansion card for instructions).
- Locate the blue expansion card lever on the SSD expansion card and lift the lever to release the SSD expansion card from the blade expansion connector on the system board.
- Rotate the SSD expansion card up and lift it away from the expansion-card standoffs.
- If you are instructed to return the SSD expansion card, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
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