1. Oracle Exadata X9-2 Database Server Service Manual
  2. Servicing the OCP Network Interface Card
  3. Remove the OCP Network Interface Card

Remove the OCP Network Interface Card

  1. Prepare the server for service.
    1. Power off the server and disconnect the power cords from the power supplies.
    2. Disconnect data cables from the following:

      • OCP NIC QSFP ports (PORT 1 and PORT 2)

      • PCIe cards

      • Oracle ILOM netmgmt ports

      • Oracle ILOM serial ports

    3. Extend the server to the maintenance position.
    4. Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist, and then to a metal area on the chassis.
    5. Remove the server top cover.
  2. Remove the following components:

    • Air baffles

      Note:

      You only need to remove the P1 rear air baffle from the server. All other air baffles can remain in the server.

    • Fan modules

      See Remove a Fan Module.

    • PCIe risers with attached PCIe cards

      See Servicing PCIe Risers.

      Note:

      You do not need to remove attached PCIe cards from risers, as it is necessary to lift only the PCIe risers from the server to disengage the attached PCIe card rear brackets from the server chassis.

    • Power supplies

      See Remove a Power Supply.

      Note:

      It is not necessary to completely remove the power supplies from the server; simply pull them out far enough to disengage them from the motherboard connectors.
  3. Using a Torx T25 screwdriver, loosen the green captive screw that secures the motherboard to the server chassis [1].

    Figure showing the OCP NIC being removed from the server.
  4. Grasp the motherboard handle and the motherboard front finger loop, and then slide the motherboard toward the front of the server until the OCP NIC QSFP connectors have cleared the rear panel cutouts [1].
  5. Using a Torx T25 screwdriver, loosen the green captive (retention) screw that secures the OCP NIC to the motherboard [2].
  6. Grasp the OCP NIC and pull it toward the rear of the chassis to disengage the OCP NIC connector from the motherboard connector slot [2].
  7. Lift the OCP NIC from the motherboard and out of the server chassis [2].
Replaceable Components