IBM 8688 manual Board, riser card, and Remote Supervisor Adapter

3.Grasp the two adapter switch card release latches, and slide the assembly away from the server chassis; then, lift it out of the server.

Release latches

4.To replace the Active PCI assembly, lower the assembly into place so that the lips on the bottom of the EMI shielding material fit into the chassis at the rear of the server, and slide the card into place until the two release latches snap securely. Then, connect the cable from the Active PCI assembly to the board.

5.Close the top cover (see “Closing the cover” on page 111).

I/O board, riser card, and Remote Supervisor Adapter

This section contains instructions and considerations for removing and replacing the I/O board, the riser card, and the Remote Supervisor Adapter.

Before you begin:

vRead “Installation guidelines” on page 77.

vRead the safety notices at “Safety notices (multilingual translations)” on page 201.

vRead “Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 200.

Attention: The EFI in the xSeries 450 stores its variables with nonvolatile attributes in NVRAM on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. Before you remove or replace the Remote Supervisor Adapter or clear the NVRAM, make a backup copy of the current nonvolatile variables stored in the NVRAM on the Remote Supervisor Adapter. After you install a new Remote Supervisor Adapter, you must restore the EFI variables previously stored in the NVRAM. The EFI variables stored in the NVRAM on the Remote Supervisor Adapter include the following:

vConsole definitions

vStartup options and drivers

vStartup order and timeout

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