Use this information to install a DIMM.
- Read the safety information that begins on Safety and Installation guidelines.
- Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect
the power cords and all external cables, if necessary.
- Remove the cover (see Removing the compute node cover).
- Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
- Carefully open the retaining clips on each end of the DIMM
connector and remove the DIMM.
Attention: To avoid breaking the retaining clips
or damaging the DIMM connectors, open and close the clips gently.
Figure 1. DIMM installation
- Touch the static-protective package that contains the DIMM
to any unpainted metal surface on the outside of the server. Then,
remove the DIMM from the package.
- Turn the DIMM so that the alignment slot align correctly
with the alignment tab.
- Insert the DIMM into the connector by aligning the edges
of the DIMM with the slots at the ends of the DIMM connector.
- Firmly press the DIMM straight down into the connector
by applying pressure on both ends of the DIMM simultaneously. The
retaining clips snap into the locked position when the DIMM is firmly
seated in the connector.
Note: If there is a gap between the DIMM and the retaining clips,
the DIMM has not been correctly inserted; open the retaining clips,
remove the DIMM, and then reinsert it.
- Replace the air baffle (see Replacing the air baffle).
Note: Close all the retaining clips even for slots without DIMMs
installed before replacing the air baffle.
- Replace the cover (see Installing the compute node cover).
- Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
- Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.