Removing The 1U Air Duct Option; Removing And Replacing The Main Rackswitch Chassis Unit - IBM G8332 Installation Manual

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Removing the 1U air duct option

To remove the 1U air duct option from a 19" rack, complete the following steps.

1. Loosen the two M4 thumbscrews securing the air duct unit to the air duct

2. Slide the air duct unit out of the rack.

To return the component to customer service for replacement, see Appendix A,

"Getting help and technical assistance," on page 57, to help you gather all the

required information that is necessary to return a component. After you remove the

component, securely pack the component for shipping.

For instructions to replace the air duct, see "Installing the 1U air duct option in a

rack" on page 25.

When replacing a RackSwitch chassis unit, all internal component must also be

removed from the chassis and replaced in the new chassis. The RackSwitch

operates with one or two active power supplies, three to four fan modules, and an

optional air duct unit.

When you remove a RackSwitch unit from the rack, record the product MTM

number and serial number to use for the replacement switch, see "Before installing

the RackSwitch" on page 13 to locate the product information labels on the switch

chassis or "Configuring Vital Product Data after a switch replacement" on page 42

to use an interface to display the product information for the RackSwitch.

Before you replace the RackSwitch chassis, you must remove and replace the

separate components. For more information about removing and replacing

RackSwitch components, see the following sections:

v "Removing and replacing the AC power supply module" on page 36

v "Removing and replacing the fan module" on page 37

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Chapter 3. Removing and replacing the RackSwitch and components

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