User's Guide (1.1)

AOC-SIMLC/SIMLC+ User's Guide
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2.3 Installing the AOC-SIMLC/SIMLC+ Add-On Card
To avoid personal injury and property damage, please
carefully follow all the safety steps listed below when
installing the AOC-SIMLC/SIMLC+ into your system.
ESD Safety Guidelines
Electro Static Discharge (ESD) can damage electronic com ponents. To prevent dam-
age to your system, it is important to handle it very carefully. The following measures
are generally suffi cient to protect your equipment from ESD.
• Use a grounded wrist strap designed to prevent static discharge.
• Touch a grounded metal object before removing a component from the antistatic
bag.
• Handle the add-on card by its edges only; do not touch its components, peripheral
chips, memory modules or gold contacts.
• When handling chips or modules, avoid touching their pins.
• Put the card and peripherals back into their antistatic bags when not in use.
General Safety Guidelines
• Always disconnect power cables before installing or removing any components
from the computer.
• Use only the correct type of bracket for the add-on card.
• Disconnect the power cable before removing any cable from the add-on card.
• Make sure that the SIMLC/SIMLC+ add-on card is securely seated in the
SIMLC/SIMLC+ slot to prevent damage to the system due to power shortage.
For SIMLC/SIMLC+ slot locations, please refer to Section 2.4.2.
SMC Motherboards with SIMLC/SIMLC+ support
The following Supermicro's motherboards support the AOC-SIMLC/SIMLC+.
1. The X7DB8/X7DBE/X7DB8+/X7DBE+/X7DB8-X/X7DBE-X/X7DB3 Series
2. The X7DA8/X7DAE/X7DVA-8/X7DVA-E/X7DVL-3/X7DVL-i Series (Note)
3. The X7DVL-E Series
(Note: KVM-over-LAN is not available on the X7DA8/X7DAE/X7DVL-3/X7DVL-i
models.)
2.3.1 Safety Guidelines