Cooling fans
Removing the cooling fan cage assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
3. If installed, remove the air shroud.
4. Disconnect the cables from system board that pass through the cooling fan cage assembly cable latch.
5. Open cable access latch to remove the cables and place them towards system front.
Steps
1. Lift the blue release levers to unlock the cooling fan cage assembly from the system.
2. Hold the release levers, and lift the cooling fan cage assembly away from the system.
Figure 31. Removing the cooling fan cage assembly
Next steps
1. Installing the cooling fan cage assembly.
Installing the cooling fan cage assembly
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
CAUTION:
Ensure that the cables inside the system are correctly installed and retained by the cable
retention bracket before installing the cooling fan cage assembly. Incorrectly installed cables may get
damaged.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. If installed, remove the air shroud.
4. Disconnect the cables from system board that pass through the cooling fan cage assembly.
5. If opened close the cable side wall brackets on the system.
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Installing and removing system components