User`s guide
Installing Expansion Boards
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Installing EISA Expansion Boards
To install an EISA expansion board:
NOTE: Read and fully understand your optional expansion
board's documentation before installing the expansion
board.
1. Turn off your server.
2. Disconnect all external devices, ac power, and monitor power.
3. Unlock and remove the left side panel.
4. Unscrew and remove the metal filler plate from the selected EISA
expansion slot (see Figure 8-3).
5. Insert the new EISA expansion board into the socket and push it
firmly into place.
NOTE: Make sure the EISA expansion board lines up with
the slot number on the plastic card guide label.
6. Secure the EISA expansion board to the slot with the screw
removed in step 4.
7. Replace and lock the left side panel.
8. Connect all external devices and restore power.
9. Run the SCU.
Refer to “Adding EISA Expansion Boards” for detailed information on running
the SCU.