Installing A Hot-Swap Fan Assembly - Lenovo ThinkServer RD210 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Attention: To ensure proper operation, replace a failed fan as soon as possible.
5. If you are instructed to return the fan, follow all of the packaging instructions, and use any packaging
materials for shipping that are supplied to you.

Installing a hot-swap fan assembly

To install an additional hot-swap fan, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information in Chapter 2 "Safety information" on page 3 and "Installation guidelines"
on page 67.
2. Remove the cover (see "Removing and replacing the cover" on page 72).
3. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new fan to any unpainted metal surface on the
server. Then, remove the new fan from the package.
4. If you are replacing a fan, grasp the orange fan tabs
of the server. If you are replacing fans 3 and 4, you will need to remove the DIMM air baffle first (see
"Removing and installing the DIMM air baffle" on page 77).
1 on both ends of the existing fan and pull it up out
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