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Install the TCM/TPM adapter (for Chinese Mainland only)

Use this information to install the TCM/TPM adapter.

Before you remove the TCM/TPM adapter, complete the following steps:

  1. Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

To install the TCM/TPM adapter, complete the following steps:

Figure 1. TCM/TPM adapter installation
TCM/TPM adapter installation

  1. Locate the TCM/TPM adapter connector on the system board (see System-board connectors).
  2. If an I/O expansion adapter is installed in the I/O expansion 1 connector (see System-board connectors for the location of the connector), you will need to remove it first (see Remove an I/O expansion adapter ), as it will block your access to the TCM/TPM adapter connector.
  3. Touch the static-protective package that contains the TCM/TPM adapter to any unpainted metal surface on the Lenovo Flex System chassis or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the TCM/TPM adapter from the package.
  4. Carefully hold the TCM/TPM adapter by its edges and insert it into the TCM/TPM adapter connector on the system board.
After you install the TCM/TPM adapter, complete the following steps:

  1. Install the compute node cover (see Install the compute node cover ).

  2. Install the compute node into the chassis (see Install the compute node in the chassis ).

  3. Power on the compute node.