How To Remove A Motherboard Fan Tray; Before You Begin; What To Do - Sun Microsystems Fire V890 Service Manual

"How to Close a Side Door" on page 23
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If you installed this part as a new option while the system was powered off, you
need to perform a reconfiguration boot. A reconfiguration boot is required in order
for the operating system to recognize the new device. See:
"How to Initiate a Reconfiguration Boot" on page 10
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How to Remove a Motherboard 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.
Note – The motherboard fan tray is also referred to as the I/O bridge fan tray by the
system's firmware and environmental software. For more information about
motherboard fan trays, see
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.
For additional details, see
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 motherboard fan tray that you want to remove.
The primary motherboard fan tray occupies slot 5. The fan tray numbers are
stamped into the chassis sheet metal at the base of each fan tray.
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"About Fan Trays" on page
"About Hot-Pluggable and Hot-Swappable Components"
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