Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 - Air Shroud; Removing the Air Shroud

Figure 25. Inside the system with rear drive cage
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Information tag 2 Drive backplane
3 Cooling fans 4 Memory module
5 CPU 1 6 CPU 2
7 System board 8 LOM riser card
9 Internal PERC riser 10 Air shroud
11 Buttery riser 12 Air shroud (12 x 3.5 inch + 2 x 3.5 inch rear hard drive
system)
13 Low prole riser right 14 Low prole riser left
15 Drive cage (rear)
Air shroud
The air shroud directs the airow across the entire system. Air shroud prevents the system from overheating and is used to maintain
uniform airow inside the system.
Removing the air shroud
Prerequisites
CAUTION
: Never operate your system with the air shroud removed. The system may get overheated quickly, resulting in
shutdown of the system and loss of data.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Installing and removing system components
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