How To Remove An I/O Fan Tray; Before You Begin; What To Do - Sun Microsystems Fire V890 Service Manual

How to Remove an I/O Fan Tray

Caution – At least one CPU fan tray, one I/O fan tray, and one motherboard fan
tray must be installed and operating to ensure proper system cooling; otherwise, the
system will initiate an automatic thermal shutdown.
All fan trays feature a hot-swap capability. You can remove and replace a faulty fan
tray without shutting down the operating system or turning off the system power.
However, at least one working I/O fan tray must be present in order to provide
proper system cooling. For additional details, see
Swappable Components" on page
"About Fan Trays" on page

Before You Begin

If you are not performing a hot-swap procedure, complete the following task:
"How to Power Off the System" on page 5
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Complete these tasks:
"How to Open and Remove a Side Door" on page 21
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"How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge" on page 26
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What to Do

1. Identify the fan tray that you want to remove.
The primary I/O fan tray is in slot 3. For information about I/O fan tray LEDs, see
"About Fan Tray LEDs" on page
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6. For more information about I/O fan trays, see
234.
266.
"About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-