Installing the hard disk drive fan assembly
This procedure applies only to server models that have a hard disk drive fan
assembly.
Attention:
v Replace a failed fan within 48 hours.
v To ensure proper cooling and airflow, do not operate the server for more than 30
To install the hard disk drive fan assembly, complete the following steps:
1. Insert the hard disk drive fan assembly retaining tab over the right edge of the
minutes with the side cover removed.
hard disk drive backplane; then, rotate the fan assembly toward the backplane.
Do not fully close the hard disk drive fan assembly.
If you have the eight-drive, 2.5-inch hot-swap hard disk drive model, the hard
disk drive fan assembly looks like the following illustration.
Release
tabs
Slot
Hard disk drive
fan assembly
Slot
Release
tabs
Hard disk drive
fan assembly
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