Low Profile Bracket Conversion
The SPEED LE and SPEED LE Express cards come fitted with standard brackets. Additional low profile brackets are included with your SPEED LE and SPEED LE Express cards to accomodate low profile servers. This section describes how to convert your SPEED LE and SPEED LE Express cards from standard to low profile brackets.
To convert a standard profile bracket to a low profile bracket(s) and install it, do the following:
1.Unscrew the screwlocks around each parallel/serial connector. Remove the standard profile bracket.
Speed LE 1P and 1S1P models only
Gently remove the serial/parallel connector(s) from the standard bracket and unscrew the bracket from the serial card. You will see two screws that need to be removed at the top and the bottom of the card near the bracket.
2.For all models except Speed LE 1P and 1S1P, attach the serial low profile bracket and secure with the screwlocks around the serial connector.
Speed LE 1P and 1S1P models only
1.Attach the low profile bracket with screws to the serial card.
Align the serial card on top of the low profile bracket mounting tabs and then insert screws into the serial card holes (bracket mounting tabs must be under the serial card).
2.Secure the low profile bracket with the screwlocks around the serial/parallel connector.
3.Insert the remaining serial/parallel connectors into their appropriate low profile bracket(s) and secure to the bracket(s) with the screwlocks around the serial/parallel connector.
4.Verify that all the serial/parallel connectors are connected to the serial card. The ribbon cables have a notch in the connector that will allow them to be inserted into the serial card in only the proper way.
5.Power off the server and disconnect the power cord from the back of the server that you are going to install the serial card into.
6.Insert the serial card into the server’s PCI or PCI Express slot, dependng on the model, and secure it to the chassis with a screw.
7.For any remaining serial/parallel connectors, secure the low profile bracket(s) into adjacent card slots with a screw to the chassis.
8.Power up the server.
Low Profile Bracket Conversion
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