Opening The Blade Server Cover - IBM BladeCenter QS20 Problem Determination And Service Manual

Opening the blade server cover

The following illustration shows how to open the cover on the blade server. The
BladeCenter QS20 has an inner cover as well as an outer cover.
Figure 7. Opening the blade server cover
Complete the following steps to open the blade server cover:
1. Read the safety information beginning on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Carefully place the blade server on a flat, static-protective surface, with the
3. Press the blue blade-cover release on each side of the blade server and lift the
4. Lift the cover from the blade server and set it aside (see Figure 7, step 2).
5. Remove the second power board (see Figure 7, step 3).
6. Disconnect any (optionally) installed PCI-Express cables.
7. Press the two front bezel release buttons on each side of the server and
8. Press the blue blade-cover release on each side of the blade server and lift the
1. Open outer cover
Outer cover release
3. Remove second power board
and front bezel
Second power board
Front bezel release
Front bezel
on page 39.
cover side up.
outer cover open (see Figure 7, step 1).
remove the front bezel assembly (see Figure 8 on page 45 and Figure 7, step
3).
inner cover open (see Figure 7, step 4).
2. Remove outer cover from blade server
4. Open inner cover
Inner cover release
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