Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Chapter 8. Getting information, help, and service

Toreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:
1.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
Note:Thesystemfansarehot-swapandyoucanreplaceafailingsystemfanwithoutturningoff
theserver.
2.Dothefollowingtolocatethefailingsystemfan:
•IfyourservercomeswithanIntelligentDiagnosticsModulePremium,youcanviewthesystemfan
errorLEDsonthepanelofthemoduletolocatethefailingsystemfan.See“IntelligentDiagnostics
ModulePremium(IDMPremium)”onpage24
.
•IfyourserverdoesnotcomewithanIntelligentDiagnosticsModulePremium,youcanviewthe
systemfanerrorLEDsonthesystemboardtolocatethefailingsystemfan.See“Systemboard
LEDs”onpage55.
3.Graspthetopofthesystemfanwithyourindexngerandthumbandthenliftthesystemfanoutof
theserver.
Figure131.Removingthesystemfan
4.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewsystemfantoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewsystemfanfromthepackage.
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