Expansion board options

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

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the server or expansion boards, power down the server, and disconnect all power cords before removing or installing the PCI riser cage.

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

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. To install a low-profile, standup expansion board on the system board, do the following:
   1. Identify the expansion slot compatible with the new option, and then remove the cover opposite that slot.

      

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

      

6. To install a full-height, half-length PCIe x8 expansion board in the primary PCI riser location, the two-slot PCI riser cage option is required. To install an expansion board in this riser cage, do the following:
   1. Remove the two-slot PCI riser cage.
   2. Remove the riser slot cover.

      

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

      

   5. Install the two-slot PCI riser cage.
7. To install a low-profile PCIe x8 expansion board in the secondary PCIe riser location, the FlexibleLOM riser cage option is required. To install an expansion board in this riser cage, do the following:
   1. Remove the PCIe3 riser slot 4 cover.

      

   2. Open the riser slot retainer latch.

      

   3. Install the expansion board. Verify that the board is firmly seated in the slot.

      

8. If the installed expansion board requires internal cabling to connectors covered by the air baffle, remove the air baffle.
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. If removed, install the air baffle.
11. Install the access panel.
12. Do one of the following:
    • Slide the server into the rack.
    • Install the server into the rack.
13. Connect all necessary external cabling to the expansion board. For more information on these cabling requirements, see the documentation that ships with the option.
14. Power up the server.