Install a DIMM

Installing a DIMM is a cold-service operation. You must power off the server before installing the DIMM. This procedure is the same for installing a DIMM filler.

1. Consider your first step.

   • If you are replacing a DIMM, remove the faulty or obsolete DIMM first, then return to this procedure, Step 3. See Remove a DIMM.

   • If you are installing a new or an additional DIMM, go to Step 2.

   • If you are installing a DIMM as part of another component's removal or installation procedure, go to Step 3.

2. Review this information and complete these prerequisites in this order.

   • DIMM Configuration

   • Preparing for Service

   • Rotate the Drive Cage to the Service Position

   • Remove the Air Duct

3. Open the release levers of the slot where you are installing the DIMM.
4. Align the DIMM to the location where it installs into the slot.
   

   Ensure that the notch in the DIMM lines up with the key in the slot.

5. Insert the DIMM into the slot, pressing firmly so that both release levers click closed.
   
6. Repeat from Step 3 through Step 5 for any additional DIMMs that you are installing.
7. Consider your next step.

   • If you installed a DIMM as part of a replacement operation, go to Step 8.

   • If you installed a DIMM as part of another component's removal or installation procedure, return to that procedure. See Component Service Task Reference for assistance.

   • If you have installed a new DIMM, go to Step 8.

8. Review this information and complete these prerequisites in this order.

   • Install the Air Duct

   • Secure the Drive Cage

9. Complete these postrequisites in this order to finish the installation procedure.

   • Returning the Server to Operation

   • Verify a DIMM

Related Information

• Remove a DIMM

• Verify a DIMM

• DIMM Configuration

• Preparing for Service

• Returning the Server to Operation