Installing a PCI riser-card assembly

Use this information to install a PCI riser-card assembly.

To install the PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information that begins in Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Make sure that the server and all peripheral devices are turned off and that the power cords and all external cables are disconnected.
3. Reinstall any adapters and reconnect any internal cables that you removed in other procedures.
4. Align the PCI riser-card assembly with the alignment pin and the guide rails on the chassis.

   For 2U riser card assemblies:

   
   
   
   
   

   For 1U riser card assemblies:

   
   
   
   
   
5. Press down on the blue touch points on the PCI riser-card assembly to install the assembly in the server. Make sure that the PCI riser-card assembly is fully seated in the PCI connectors on the system board.
   Attention

   Make sure that the cables are not pinched.

If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to Completing the installation.