Read Me First: Replacing the Base Unit

Step 1. Remove the following components from your existing base unit. Refer to sections of the Operation

and Maintenance Guide, included on the hp Server Documentation CD-ROM for component

removal instructions.

Step 2. Install the previously removed components into the new base unit. Refer to sections of the

Operation and Maintenance Guide, included on the hp Server Documentation CD-ROM for

component replacement instructions.

Step 3. You will have to reconfigure the system boot settings at EFI.

Step 4. Follow the instructions that accompany the new base unit to return the hardware to

Hewlett-Packard.

Table 1 List of Components to be Removed

• Power Supply Fans • Chassis Fans

• Power Supply • PCI I/O Backplane Assembly

• CPU airflow guide (single CPU systems only) • CPU(s) and associated Power Pods

• Memory DIMMs • DVD or CD-ROM (if present)

• DVD Filler (present when a DVD or CD-ROM

is not installed)

•Disk(s)

• Disk Filler(s) (present on disk-less systems) • Display Panel

• Management Processor card (optional card,

may be present)

• Management Processor Blank (present when

Management Processor not installed)

Table 2 List of Components to be Replaced