1. Read the safety information that begins on page 3.
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect all power cords and
external cables.
3. Remove the cover.
4. Remove the fans (see “Removing a hot-swap fan” on page 196).
5. Remove the PCI riser-card assemblies and the DIMM air baffle (see “Removing
a PCI riser-card assembly” on page 167 and “Removing the DIMM air baffle” on
page 177).
6. Press the fan-bracket release latches 1toward each other to release the pins
2 and lift the fan bracket out of the server.
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