Expansion board options

For more information about product features, specifications, options, configurations, and compatibility, see the product QuickSpecs on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise website.

To install the component:

1. Power down the server.
2. Remove all power:
   1. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
   2. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
3. Do one of the following:
   • Extend the server from the rack.
   • Remove the server from the rack.
4. Remove the access panel.
5. Remove the PCI riser cage.
6. Identify the expansion slot compatible with the new option, and then remove the cover opposite that slot.

   

7. Verify that any switches or jumpers on the expansion board are set properly. For more information, see the documentation that ships with the option.
8. Install the expansion board. Verify that the board is firmly seated in the slot.

   

9. Connect all necessary internal cabling to the expansion board. For more information on these cabling requirements, see the documentation that ships with the option.
10. Install the PCI riser cage.
11. Connect the other end of the expansion board internal cables to the system board or to its associated hardware component.

    CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all PCI slots have either an expansion slot cover or an expansion board installed.

12. Install the access panel.
13. Do one of the following:
    • Slide the server into the rack.
    • Install the server into the rack.
14. Connect all necessary external cabling to the expansion board. For more information on these cabling requirements, see the documentation that ships with the option.
15. Power up the server.