Instruction Manual

Installing and Configuring Hardware 49
Removing and Installing the PERC H700 Modular
Card in Dell Blade Systems
NOTE: For more information on removing and installing blade system parts, see
your system’s
Hardware Owner’s Manual or the User’s Guide from the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.
The storage controller card is located below the disk bays of the Dell Blade
system.
To remove the storage controller card:
1
Remove the Dell Blade system from the Blade system chassis.
2 Remove the system cover of the Blade system.
3 Remove the system board and place it on a stable and flat surface.
4 Determine whether the dirty cache LED on the controller is illuminated.
For location of the LED, see Figure 4-7.
If the LED is illuminated, re-insert the system board, replace the system
cover, reconnect the system to power, turn on the system, and repeat step 1
through step 3. If the LED is not illuminated, continue with the next step.
5 Open the release lever to disconnect the storage controller card edge
connector from the system board connector as illustrated in Figure 4-7.
6 Lift the storage controller card straight up from the system board as
illustrated in Figure 4-7.
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