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Dell PowerEdge R760 Installation and Service Manual

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Installing the OCP NIC card

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the expansion card riser.
  4. Disconnect OCP NIC cable from the SL11_CPU1_PB7 to SL13_CPU1_PB7 connectors on the MAX system board, if 100 GbE OCP NIC card of PCIe width x16 is used.
    NOTE:See cable routing section.
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.
    NOTE:Store the filler bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
    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 NIC card into the slot in the system.
  4. Push until the OCP NIC card is connected to the connector on the system board.
  5. Close the blue latch to lock the OCP NIC 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 NIC card
    This image shows Installing the OCP NIC card.

Next steps

  1. Connect OCP NIC cable from SL11_CPU1_PB7 to SL13_CPU1_PB7 connectors on the MAX system board, if 100 GbE OCP NIC card of PCIe width x16 is used.
    NOTE:See cable routing section.
  2. Install the expansion card riser.
  3. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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