Owners Manual

Figure 22. Installing the air shroud

Next step

1 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Cooling fans

Your system supports up to eight standard or high performance cooling fans.

NOTE

• High performance fans can be identied by a blue label on top of the cooling fan.

• Mixing of standard and high performance cooling fans is not supported.

• Each fan is listed in the systems management software, referenced by the respective fan number. If there is a problem with a

particular fan, you can easily identify and replace the proper fan by noting the fan number on the system.

Removing a cooling fan

The procedure for removing standard and high performance fans is identical.

Prerequisites

WARNING

: Opening or removing the cover when the system is on may expose you to a risk of electric shock. Exercise utmost

care while removing or installing cooling fans.

CAUTION: The cooling fans are hot swappable. To maintain proper cooling while the system is on, replace only one fan at a time.

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2 Remove the air shroud.

Steps

1 Holding the touch points on the cooling fan, lift the fan to disconnect the connector on the fan from the connector on the system

board.

Installing and removing system components