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5. Confirm that the messaging system has resumed normal operations.
NOTE: It should take approximately 15 seconds for the LED status to display.
Removing and replacing the Mezzanine NIC
Removing the Mezzanine NIC
Optional Mezzanine cards enable network connectivity or provide Fibre Channel support.
The Mezzanine NIC might have captive screws that are required to secure it to the server blade.
When installing a Mezzanine NIC in this server blade, only two captive screws are required.
To remove the Mezzanine NIC:
1. Back up all data.
2. Close all applications.
3. Power off the server blade by pressing and releasing the blade power button. Verify the server
blade is shut down before continuing.
4. Power off the external expansion nodes by pressing and holding the power button at the back,
and then power off the enclosure by pressing and holding the power button at the back of
the enclosure.
5. Push the button to release the handle (1), pull the handle toward you (2), and then remove
the server blade from the enclosure (3).
6. Press the release button on the access panel and slide the access panel to the left to remove
the access panel. The Mezzanine NIC is under the controller card.
7. Since the original cache module is connected to a capacitor pack, observe the cache module
LEDs ()Figure 14 (page 55).
• If the amber LED is solid, data transfer to the flash device on the cache module is in
progress. Do not remove the cache module until the amber LED is off, and then continue
with the next step.
• If the amber LED is not lit, proceed to the next step.
92 Removing and replacing hardware components