Owners Manual

1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.

2. Complete the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

3. Remove the expansion-card riser module.

Steps

1. Remove the screw securing the expansion card and remove the expansion card from the riser card.

2. If you are removing the expansion card permanently, install a metal ﬁller bracket over the empty

expansion slot.

NOTE: You must install a ﬁller bracket over an empty expansion slot to maintain Federal

Communications Commission (FCC) certiﬁcation of the system. The brackets also keep dust and

dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airﬂow inside the system.

Figure 16. Removing and installing the expansion card

1 RAID card 2 RAID card

3 NIC card 4 NIC card

5 screw (4)

NOTE: For information about the expansion card priority and slot priority order, see Table 2.

Next steps

Complete the procedure listed in After working inside your system.