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Dell PowerEdge M830 (For Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure) Owner's Manual

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Installing an expander card

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.
NOTE: This is a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU). Removal and installation procedures should be performed only by Dell certified service technicians.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.

  3. Keep the #1 and #2 Phillips screwdrivers ready.

  4. Remove the expander card.
    CAUTION: To prevent damage to the expander card, hold the card only by its edges.
    NOTE: You must remove the expander card to replace a faulty expander card.

Steps

  1. Align the following:
    1. Guide pins on the chassis with the slots on the expander card.
    2. Screw holes on the expander card with the screw holes on the chassis.
  2. Lower the expander card until the guide pins engage with the slots on the expander card.
  3. Tighten the screws to secure the expander card to the chassis.
  4. Align the expander-card cable connector with the connector on the system board (J_PERC).
  5. Tighten the retention screws on the expander-card cable connector until the connector is seated firmly.
    Figure 1. Installing an expander card
    This figure shows installing an expander card.
    1. screw (3)
    2. expander-card cable connector that connects to the connector on the system board (J_PERC)
    3. expander card cable
    4. expander card
    5. guide pin (2)

Next steps

  1. Install the following:

    1. hard drives or SSDs
    2. hard-drive backplane or SSD backplane
    3. hard-drive cage or SSD cage
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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