Brocade Communications Systems MLX Series Hardware Installation Manual page 298

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Replacing fan assemblies
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DANGER
For safety reasons, the ESD wrist strap should contain a 1 megohm series resistor.
NOTE
If you did not remove the extra shipment screws from the router during installation, you will not be
able to remove the fan tray assembly. You will need to remove the router from the rack to remove
the shipping screws, (refer to the installation chapter appropriate for your router model) before you
can remove the fan tray assembly.
Follow these steps to replace fan tray assemblies in 4-slot routers.
1. Put on the ESD wrist strap and ground yourself by inserting the plug into the ESD connector on
2. To remove the fan tray assembly from the router, push down on the latch release with your
DANGER
Be careful not to insert your fingers into the fan while removing it. The fan may still be spinning at
a high speed.
FIGURE 159
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FIGURE 160
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An ESD wrist strap with a plug for connection to the ESD connector on the router.
the router.
thumb, grasp the handle, and pull it toward you as shown in
Figure 161 and Figure 161. Pulling the assembly unseats the fan tray assembly connector from
a router connector.
Replacing a fan tray assembly in a Brocade MLX or NetIron XMR 4-slot router.
Latch release 2 Fan tray assembly
Replacing a fan tray assembly in a Brocade MLX or NetIron XMR 8-slot router.
Figure
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