Removing The Front-Panel Assembly - Lenovo System x3100 M4 Installation And Service Manual

Hard disk drive cage
Release tab
5. Install the hard disk drive fan duct onto the hard disk drive cage (see
duct" on page 190).
6. Stand the server back up in its vertical position.
7. Install the hot-swap hard disk drives that you removed from the hard disk drive cage (see
hot-swap hard disk drive " on page
8. Install the lower bezel (see
9. Install and lock the side cover (see
10. Reconnect the external cables and power cords; then, turn on the attached devices and turn on the
server.

Removing the front-panel assembly

Use this information to remove the front-panel assembly
To remove the front-panel assembly on 4U server models with non-hot-swap power supplies, complete the
following steps. For the 5U server model with hot-swap power supplies (Model name: 2582-F4x), please see
the next sub-section.
1. Read the safety information in
2. Turn off the server and all peripheral devices; then, disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
3. Remove the bezel (see
4. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
Attention: Do not allow the server to fall over.
5. Remove the side cover (see
6. Remove the air duct.
7. Disconnect the front-panel assembly cable from the system board, and note the routing of the cable
(see "System-board internal connectors" on page 25
8. Press on top of the front-panel assembly and rotate the assembly toward the bottom of the server; then,
remove the front-panel assembly from the chassis.
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175).
"Replacing the lower bezel" on page
"Replacing the side cover" on page
"Safety" on page v
"Removing the bezel" on page
"Removing the side cover" on page
"Replacing the hard disk drive fan
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and "Installation guidelines" on page
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for the location of the front-panel connector).
"Replacing a
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