described above fig4 is an illustration of the protective cover of fig1 and the divider of fig3 as assembled according to an embodiment of the present invention as shown in fig4 the protective cover 100 is attached to the divider 130 at an end of the divider 130 opposite the divider 39 s handle 132 the hooks 102 of the protective cover 100 are engaged respectively in the slots 133 of the divider 130 the end of the planar sheet 131 of the divider 130 opposite the divider 39 s handle 132 slides into the gap 107 fig1 between the hooks 102 and the handle 101 of the protective cover 100 when the protective cover 100 and the divider 130 are assembled together as shown in fig4 the assembly can be installed in any unoccupied blade slot in a blade server the protective cover 100 then protects the pins of the blade connector in that blade slot while the divider 130 divides the blades or blade slots on either side of the blade slot in which the assembly is installed fig5 is an illustration of the assembled divider and protective cover of fig4 installed on a backplane and in the rack of a blade server as shown in fig5 the assembled protective cover 100 and divider 130 can be installed in the rack 120 of a blade server the protective cover 100 then protects the pins of a blade connector on the.