Replacing A Hot-Swap Fan Assembly - IBM xSeries 240 81Y Hardware Maintenance Manual

Replacing a hot-swap fan assembly

The server comes with three hot-swap fan assemblies.
Attention
Replace a fan that has failed within 48 hours to help
ensure proper cooling.
Note
You do not need to turn off the power to the server to
replace a hot-swap fan assembly.
The following illustrations show the replacement of a
hot-swap fan assembly. Refer to these illustrations while
performing the steps in this procedure.
1
Hot-swap fan assembly 1
2
Fan assembly 1 LED
3
Fan 1 release latch
4
Hot-swap fan assembly 2
5
Fan assembly 2 LED
6
Fan 2 release latch
7
Fan Assembly 3 LED
8
Fan 3 release latch
9
Hot-swap fan assembly 3
To replace a hot-swap fan assembly:
1. Remove the cover. See "Removing the left-side
cover (tower model)" on page 99 or "Removing the
cover (rack model)" on page 100.
Attention
To ensure proper system cooling, do not remove
the top cover for more than 30 minutes during
this procedure.
2. Determine which fan assembly (fan 1 1 , fan 2 4 ,
or fan 3 9 ) to replace by checking the fan LEDs on
CPU
HDD
VRM
MEM ORY
PCI BUS
NMI
A B SMI
SERV ICE
BUS PROC ESSO
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3
FAN
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