Contents  3 
Contents 
Customer self repair ...................................................................................................................... 6 
Parts only warranty service ......................................................................................................................... 6 
Illustrated parts catalog ............................................................................................................... 16 
Mechanical components ........................................................................................................................... 16 
System components ................................................................................................................................. 20 
Removal and replacement procedures ........................................................................................... 26 
Required tools ......................................................................................................................................... 26 
Preparation procedures ............................................................................................................................ 26 
Power down the server ................................................................................................................... 26 
Extend the server from the rack ........................................................................................................ 27 
Remove the server from the rack ...................................................................................................... 28 
Access the Systems Insight Display ................................................................................................... 28 
Access the product rear panel ......................................................................................................... 29 
Release the full-length expansion board retainer ................................................................................ 30 
Safety considerations ............................................................................................................................... 31 
Preventing electrostatic discharge .................................................................................................... 31 
Symbols on equipment ................................................................................................................... 31 
Server warnings and cautions ......................................................................................................... 32 
Access panel .......................................................................................................................................... 32 
Air baffle ............................................................................................................................................... 33 
2U rack bezel ......................................................................................................................................... 34 
PCIe riser blank ....................................................................................................................................... 34 
Remove the primary PCIe riser cage .......................................................................................................... 35 
Remove the secondary PCIe riser cage ....................................................................................................... 36 
PCIe riser board ...................................................................................................................................... 37 
Drive blank ............................................................................................................................................. 38 
Hot-plug drive ......................................................................................................................................... 38 
Power supply blank ................................................................................................................................. 39 
AC power supply .................................................................................................................................... 39 
Optical drive .......................................................................................................................................... 40 
Power supply backplane .......................................................................................................................... 41 
Hot-plug fan ........................................................................................................................................... 42 
Fan cage ................................................................................................................................................ 44 
FlexibleLOM ........................................................................................................................................... 44 
SFF hard drive cage ................................................................................................................................ 46 
Systems Insight Display ............................................................................................................................ 47 
Front panel assembly ............................................................................................................................... 48 
Flash-backed write cache procedures ......................................................................................................... 49 
Flash-backed write cache module .................................................................................................... 49 
Flash-backed write cache capacitor pack .......................................................................................... 51 
Recovering data from the flash-backed write cache ............................................................................ 53 
Expansion slot blanks ............................................................................................................................... 54 
Expansion boards ................................................................................................................................... 55 
Half-length expansion board ........................................................................................................... 55 
Full length expansion board ............................................................................................................ 56