Installing a CIOv expansion card

Use these instructions to install a CIOv expansion card in the blade server.

The following illustration shows the location and installation of a CIOv expansion card.

To install a CIOv expansion card, complete the following steps:

1. Before you begin, read Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. If the blade server or scalable blade complex is installed in a BladeCenter chassis, remove it. See Removing the blade server from the BladeCenter chassis for instructions.
3. Carefully lay the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface.
4. If you are installing the CIOv card in a blade server that is the bottom blade server in a scalable blade complex, disassemble the blade complex (see Disassembling a scalable blade complex for instructions).
5. If an optional expansion unit is installed, remove the expansion unit (see Removing an expansion unit for instructions).
   Note: Optional expansion units are not supported when a IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed.
6. If an IBM MAX5 expansion blade is installed, remove it (see Removing an IBM MAX5 expansion blade for instructions).
7. Open the blade server cover (see Removing the blade server cover for instructions).
8. If a CFFh expansion card is installed, remove it (see Removing a CFFh expansion card for instructions).
9. Locate the CIOv expansion connector (see Blade server connectors - BladeCenter HX5).
10. Touch the static-protective package that contains the expansion card to any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the expansion card from the package.
11. Orient the connector on the expansion card with the CIOv expansion connector on the system board; then, press the card into the CIOv expansion connector.
12. Firmly press on the indicated locations to seat the expansion card.
    Note: For device-driver and configuration information to complete the installation of the expansion card, see the documentation that comes with the expansion card.
13. Install the CFFh expansion card, if you removed one from the blade server (see Installing a CFFh expansion card for instructions).
14. If the blade server is part of a scalable blade complex, assemble the scalable blade complex (see Assembling a scalable blade complex for instructions).
15. Install the IBM MAX5 expansion blade if you removed one (see Installing an IBM MAX5 expansion blade for instructions).
16. Install the optional expansion unit, if you removed one from the blade server (see Installing an expansion unit for instructions).
17. Install the cover onto the blade server (see Installing the blade server cover for instructions).
18. Install the blade server or scalable blade complex into the BladeCenter chassis (see Installing a blade server in a BladeCenter chassis for instructions).