Users Guide

Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing
Adding, Removing, and Replacing the FC I/O Fan Blade
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5 Save the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration
on page 385).
Removing an FC I/O Fan
Blade 12
These instructions explain how to remove an FC I/O blade from your
library. You can remove an FC I/O fan blade while the library is powered
on.
Required tools: None
1 Access the back of the expansion module containing the FC I/O fan
blade.
2 Lift the latch hooks out of the locked position and push them up. You
will feel the FC I/O fan blade unplug from the expansion module’s
backplane.
3 Continue lifting on the latch hooks until the blade is totally
unplugged from the backplane.
4 Slide the FC I/O fan blade out of the expansion module.
5 If you are permanently removing the FC I/O fan blade, place a cover
on the empty bay.
6 Save the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration
on page 385).
Replacing an FC I/O Fan
Blade 12
These instructions explain how to replace an FC I/O fan blade in your
library. You can remove and replace an FC I/O fan blade while the
library is powered on.
Required tools: None
Note: The LED for the FC I/O fan blade is on the bottom of the
blade when the blade is correctly installed in the 9U
Library Expansion Module.
Caution: Do not permanently remove an FC I/O fan blade unless
you also permanently remove the FC I/O blade to which it
is associated.