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Install a fabric connector

Use this information to install a fabric connector.

Before you install a fabric connector, complete the following steps:

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

  2. If the compute node is installed in a chassis, remove it (see Remove a compute node for instructions).
  3. Carefully lay the compute node on a flat, static-protective surface.
  4. Obtain a long shank #1 Phillips screwdriver.

  5. Remove the compute node cover (see Remove the compute node cover for instructions).

To install a fabric connector, complete the following steps:

Figure 1. Fabric connector installation
Graphic illustrating installing a fabric connector.

  1. Locate the connector on system board for fabric connector (see System-board connectors for instructions).
  2. Orient the fabric connector on the system board.
  3. Using a long shank #1 Phillips screwdriver, tighten the four captive screws to secure the fabric connector.
    Attention
    Make sure that the fabric connector is secure, but do not overtighten the screws to avoid damaging the connector.
After you install the fabric connector, complete the following steps:
  1. Install the compute node cover onto the compute node (see Install the compute node cover for instructions).
  2. Install the compute node into the chassis (see Install a compute node for instructions).

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube