Dell PowerEdge T550 Installation and Service Manual

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Installing the OCP card

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure that is listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the air shroud.
CAUTION: Do not install GPUs, network cards, or other PCIe devices on your system that are not validated and tested by Dell. Damage caused by unauthorized and invalidated hardware installation will null and void the system warranty.

Steps

  1. If installed, remove the filler bracket.
    Figure 1. Removal of filler bracket
    This image shows removal of filler bracket.
  2. Open the blue latch on the system board.
  3. Slide the OCP card into the slot in the system.
  4. Push until the OCP card is connected to the connector on the system board.
  5. Close the blue latch to lock the OCP card to the system.
    NOTE:The numbers on the image do not depict the exact steps. The numbers are for representation of sequence.
    Figure 2. Installing the OCP card
    This image shows installing the OCP card.
  6. Align the OCP air shroud to the guide pins on the chassis and lower the OCP air shroud.
    Figure 3. Installing the OCP air shroud.

    This image shows how to install the OCP air shroud.

Next steps

  1. Install the air shroud.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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