Air Shroud; Removing The Air Shroud - Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 27. Inside the system - 3 PCIe expansion risers
1 right control panel cable cover
3 backplane cover
5 cabling latch
7

air shroud

9 processor 2 slot
11 expansion riser 2 A
13 expansion riser 1 A
15 integrated storage controller card
17 intrusion switch
19 hard drive backplane
Air shroud
The air shroud directs the airflow across the entire system. Air shroud prevents the system from overheating and is used to maintain
uniform airflow inside the system.

Removing the air shroud

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Never operate your system with the air shroud removed. The system may get overheated quickly, resulting in
shutdown of the system and loss of data.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
2 hard drive cage
4 backplane release latch
6 cooling fan (8)
8 processor and DIMM blank
10 IDSDM/vFlash module slot
12 network daughter card
14 PCIe shroud
16 processor 1
18 cabling latch
20 left control panel cable cover
system.
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