Remove the PCI riser cages

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury from hot surfaces, allow the drives and the internal system components to cool before touching them.

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.

To remove 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. If the server was just extended from the rack and expansion boards with external cabling are installed on the PCI riser cage, disconnect all cables from the expansion boards to completely remove the cage from the server.
6. If expansion boards with internal cabling are installed on the PCI riser cage, disconnect all internal cables from the expansion boards to completely remove the cage from the server.
7. If you are removing the GPU riser cage or the two-slot PCI riser cage from the primary PCIe riser location, do the following:
   1. Disconnect all cables connected to existing expansion boards.
   2. Loosen the captive thumbscrew on the front end of the PCI riser cage, and then remove the screws from its rear end.
   3. Grasp the PCI riser cage at the touch points and lift it out of the chassis.

      

8. If you are removing the FlexibleLOM riser cage from the secondary PCIe riser location, do the following:
   1. Disconnect all cables connected to existing expansion boards.
   2. Loosen the captive thumbscrew on the front end of the PCI riser cage, and then remove the screw from its rear end.
   3. Grasp the PCI riser cage at the touch points and lift it out of the chassis.