Caution- Before you handle any components, wear a wrist strap to ground any static
electricity.I fy ou perform this procedure without a wrist strap, individual
componentsor the overall system may be damaged. For details, see "1.5 Notes
Regarding Static Electricity."
Note- If the crossb ar cables are fixed to the cable support with the hook-and-loop fastener,
removethe hook-and-loop fastener.
Note- Record t he positions of the cables before removing them to ensure that they are
reinstalledcorrectly .
13.5 Removing a PCI Express Card
Thissectio n describes the procedure for removing a PCIe card. Perform reduction
usingthe same procedure.
For installation, remove the filler for a PCIe card instead of removing a PCIe card.
Enablethe removal of the PCIe card before attempting to remove it. For details, see
"13.4 Enablingthe Removal of a PCI Express Card."

13.5.1 Accessing a PCI Express card cassette

1. Lowerthe cable support.
For details, see "5.5.1 Loweringthe cable support."
2.
Removethe cab les connected to the PCIe card cassette requiring maintenance.

13.5.2 Removing a PCI Express card cassette

There are two types of PCIe card cassettes. The shapes of the latch (A in the figure)
andlever (Bin the fig ure) vary depending on the type of the PCIe card cassette, but
thesa me removal procedure applies. For the types of PCIe card cassettes, see "Figure
13-3."
Unlessoth erwise specified, the figures explained in this section use Type-1.
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