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5. Remove the air baffle from the server and set it aside.

Attention: For proper cooling and airflow, replace the air baffle before you

turn on the server. Operating the server with the air baffle removed might

damage server components when two microprocessors installed.

Removing the fan cage assembly

To remove the fan cage assembly, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and “Installation guidelines”

on page 37.

2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords

and all external cables.

3. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing

up.

Attention: Do not allow the server to fall over.

4. Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see “Removing the left-side cover” on

page 60).

5. Remove the air baffle (see “Removing the air baffle” on page 60).

6. Remove all long cards from the system board.

7. Disconnect the fan cage power cable from the system board (see “Internal

cable routing and connectors” on page 40).

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General

Chipset	Intel 5000P
Maximum Memory	48 GB
Memory Slots	12
Network Interface	Dual Gigabit Ethernet
Processor	Intel Xeon 5400/5300/5200 series
Form Factor	5U Tower
Memory Type	DDR2 FB-DIMM
Storage	Up to 6 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HDDs
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1
Expansion Slots	6 x PCI-E slots
Operating System Support	Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESX Server