Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Removing a System Fan

Step4.ReinstallthePCIriser-cardassembly(see“ReplacingthePCIriser-cardassembly”onpage163).
Step5.Reinstallthecover(see“Replacingthecover”onpage158).
Whattodonext
1.Installtheserverintotherackenclosureandpushtheserverintotherackuntilitclicksintoplace.
2.Reconnectthepowercordsandanycablesthatyouremoved.
3.Turnontheperipheraldevicesandtheserver.
Removingasystemfan
Usethisinformationtoremoveasystemfanintheserver.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage31.
Ifyouarereplacingaservercomponentintheserver,youneedtoslidetheserveroutfromtherack
enclosure,turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Attention:Staticelectricitythatisreleasedtointernalservercomponentswhentheserverispowered-on
mightcausetheservertohalt,whichmightresultinthelossofdata.Toavoidthispotentialproblem,
alwaysuseanelectrostatic-dischargewriststraporothergroundingsystemwhenyouworkinsidethe
serverwiththepoweron.
Toremoveasystemfan,completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.ChecktheIMM2eventlogtofindoutwhichfanneedstobereplaced.RefertoAppendixA
“IntegratedManagementModuleII(IMM2)errormessages”onpage283fortheerrormessages.
Step2.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage157).
Step3.Removetheairbaffleifinstalled(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage159).
Step4.Removethefailedfanfromtheserver:
a.Disconnectthefancablefromthesystemboard.Notetheroutingofthefancabletothe
connector;youwillhavetoroutethefancablethesamewaywhenyouinstallthefan.
b.Graspthetopofthefanwithyourindexfingerandthumbandliftthefanoutoftheserver.
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