This section provides instructions on how to remove a front fan.
DANGER
Hazardous moving parts. Keep ngers and other body parts away.
To remove a front fan, do the following:
1. Remove all media from the drives and turn off all attached devices and the server. Then, disconnect all
power cords from electrical outlets and disconnect all cables that are connected to the server.
2. Remove the server cover. See “Removing the server cover” on page 43.
3. Locate the front fan that you want to remove. See “Locating server components” on page 32.
Note: If two microprocessors are installed in your server, there are two front fans, one for microprocessor
1 and the other for microprocessor 2.
4. Disconnect the front fan cable from the front fan connector on the system board. See “Locating parts on
the system board” on page 33.
5. Remove the hard disk drives. See “Removing a hot-swap hard disk drive” on page 57 or “Removing a
non-hot-swap hard disk drive” on page 65
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