Contents  3 
Contents 
Customer self repair ...................................................................................................................... 5 
Parts only warranty service ............................................................................................................................ 5 
Illustrated parts catalog ............................................................................................................... 15 
Mechanical components ............................................................................................................................. 15 
System components .................................................................................................................................... 18 
Removal and replacement procedures ........................................................................................... 23 
Required tools ............................................................................................................................................ 23 
Safety considerations .................................................................................................................................. 23 
Preventing electrostatic discharge ...................................................................................................... 23 
Symbols on equipment ...................................................................................................................... 23 
Server warnings and cautions ............................................................................................................ 24 
Preparation procedures ............................................................................................................................... 24 
Power down the server ..................................................................................................................... 25 
Extend the server from the rack .......................................................................................................... 25 
Remove the server from the rack ........................................................................................................ 26 
Access the Systems Insight Display ..................................................................................................... 27 
Access the product rear panel ........................................................................................................... 27 
Release the full-length expansion board retainer .................................................................................. 28 
Access panel ............................................................................................................................................. 29 
Air baffle ................................................................................................................................................... 29 
2U rack bezel ............................................................................................................................................ 30 
PCIe riser blank.......................................................................................................................................... 31 
PCIe riser cage (primary) ............................................................................................................................ 31 
PCIe riser cage (secondary) ......................................................................................................................... 32 
PCIe riser board ......................................................................................................................................... 33 
Drive blank ................................................................................................................................................ 34 
Hot-plug drive ............................................................................................................................................ 34 
Power supply blank .................................................................................................................................... 35 
AC power supply ....................................................................................................................................... 35 
Power supply backplane ............................................................................................................................. 36 
Hot-plug fan............................................................................................................................................... 37 
FlexibleLOM .............................................................................................................................................. 38 
Front panel assembly .................................................................................................................................. 40 
Flash-backed write cache procedures ........................................................................................................... 41 
Flash-backed write cache module ....................................................................................................... 41 
Flash-backed write cache capacitor pack ............................................................................................ 43 
Recovering data from the flash-backed write cache .............................................................................. 45 
Expansion slot blanks ................................................................................................................................. 46 
Expansion boards ...................................................................................................................................... 47 
Half-length expansion board ............................................................................................................. 47 
Full length expansion board .............................................................................................................. 47 
Heatsink .................................................................................................................................................... 48 
Processor................................................................................................................................................... 51 
DIMMs ...................................................................................................................................................... 55 
System battery ........................................................................................................................................... 56