Removing an adapter
Use this information to remove an adapter.
To remove an adapter, complete the following steps:
- Read the safety information that begins in Safety and Installation guidelines.
- Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables as necessary to replace the device.
- Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up. NoteDo not allow the server to fall over.
- Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see Removing the left-side cover).
- Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
- Remove the fan assembly (see Removing the fan assembly).
- Disconnect any cables from the adapter.
- Press down the release latch from the rear of the server to move forward the adapter-retention brackets to the open position.
- Pull the adapter out of the adapter connector; then, lift the adapter out of the server.Note
- If you have installed the optional ServeRAID adapter memory module, remove it and keep it in future use (see Installing an optional ServeRAID adapter memory module.
- If you are installing or removing an adaptor into or from PCI slot 4, you have to press the release latch firstly as step 1 of the following illustration.
- Install the PCI slot filler.
- Move the adapter-retention brackets back to the close position.
- If you are instructed to return the adapter, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
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