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Replacing the PCI riser-card assembly

Use this information to replace the PCI riser-card assembly.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component or installing an optional device in the server, you need to take out the node out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect all external cables.

To replace the PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps.

  1. Install the adapter in the PCI riser-card assembly (see Replacing an adapter).
  2. Reconnect any adapter cables that you disconnected when you removed the PCI riser-card assembly.
  3. Carefully align the PCI riser-card assembly with the guides on the rear of the server and with the PCI riser-card connector on the system board; then, press down on the PCI riser-card assembly. Make sure that the riser-card assembly is fully seated in the connector on the system board.
    Figure 1. PCI riser-card assembly installation
    PCI riser-card assembly installation
  4. Tighten the PCI riser-card assembly with 3 M3 screws.
  5. Reinstall compute node (see Installing a compute node in a chassis).
  1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
  2. Reconnect any cables that you removed.
  3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.