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Installing an I/O module

You can install up to four I/O modules into the Flex System Enterprise Chassis. An Ethernet switch or a pass-thru module must be installed in I/O bay 1 and/or bay 2 whenever one or more compute nodes on-board Ethernet interface is active or there is an Ethernet I/O expansion card interfacing with I/O bay 1 and 2.

Before installing an I/O module, complete the following steps:
  1. Verify that the I/O module is compatible with the chassis. See the Lenovo ServerProven website.
  2. Read the installation instructions that come with the I/O module.

To install an I/O module, complete the following steps.


Graphic illustrating the installation of an I/O module into the chassis

  1. Remove the I/O filler, if necessary. Open the release handles (rotate the top handle up and the bottom handle down).
  2. Slide the filler out of the bay.
  3. Open the release handles on the I/O module (rotate the top handle up and the bottom handle down).
  4. Align the I/O module with the bay on the chassis and slide the module into the module bay until it is seated.
  5. Close the release handles (rotate the top handle down and bottom handle up).