Dell EMC PowerEdge T640 - Flex Bays; Removing a Nvme Drive Bay or Flex Bay

CAUTION: Ensure that the cables inside the system are correctly installed and retained by the cable retention bracket before
installing the cooling fan assembly. Incorrectly installed cables may get damaged.
Steps
1 Align the guide rails on the cooling fan assembly with the standos on the system.
2 Lower the cooling fan assembly into the system until the cooling fan connectors engage with the connectors on the system board.
3 Press the release levers to lock the cooling fan assembly into the system.
Figure 52. Installing the middle cooling fan assembly
Next step
1 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Flex bays
Removing a NVMe drive bay or ex bay
Prerequisites
NOTE
: The procedure to remove the ex bay is identical to removing the NVMe drive bay.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Disconnect the slim optical-drive and the backplane cables.
4 Remove the backplane from NVMe drive bay or the ex bay.
Installing and removing system components
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