Removing an adapter

Use this information to remove an adapter.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To remove an adapter, complete the following steps.

1. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
   Attention

   Do not allow the server to fall over.
2. Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see Removing the left-side cover).
3. Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
4. Disconnect the cables from the adapter (see Internal cable routing and connectors).
5. Press down the adapter-retention brackets to the open position.
   Figure 1. Press down the adapter-retention brackets to the open position
   
   
6. 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 Removing an optional ServeRAID adapter memory module).
7. Install the PCI slot filler.
8. Rotate the adapter-retention brackets to the close position.

If you are instructed to return the server component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.