Cooling Fans; Removing The Cooling Fan; Installing The Cooling Fan - Dell EMC PowerEdge XR11 Installation And Service Manual

Cooling fans

Removing the cooling fan

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
3. If installed, remove the air
NOTE: The procedure to remove the cooling fan is the same for Rear Accessed and Front Accessed configurations.
NOTE: Observe the fan cable routing or make a note on the fan cable routing.
Steps
1. Disconnect the cooling fan cable that is connected to the system board connector.
2. Holding the blue tabs, lift the cooling fan out of the fan cage.
NOTE: To remove the Fan 5 and 6,
module.
Figure 26. Removing a cooling fan
Next steps
Replace the cooling fan.

Installing the cooling fan

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in the
NOTE: The procedure to install the cooling fan is the same for Rear Accessed and Front Accessed configurations.
Steps
1. Lower the cooling fan into the cage until it is seated firmly.
38 Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
shrouds.
remove the processor and heat sink module
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
system.
for system with extended heat sink
system.