Server User Manual
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage73.
5.Reconnectthepowercordtotheserverandtheelectricaloutlet.
6.Locatethefailingsystemfan.ThesystemfanerrorLEDonthesystemboardislit.See“Systemboard
LEDs”onpage39.
7.Disconnectthepowercordfromtheelectricaloutlet.
8.Disconnectthecableofthesystemfanfromthesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.See
“Systemboardcomponents”onpage31toidentifythesystemfanconnector.
9.Liftupthetapeofthesystemfantoremovethesystemfanoutofthechassis.
Figure91.Removingthesystemfan
10.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewsystemfantoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewsystemfanfromthepackage.
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