Notes:
•ThefrontpanelboardissensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handlingstatic-sensitive
devices”onpage88
firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Replacingthefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drive
bays
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage87.
Toreplacethefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage89.
4.Locatethefrontpanelboard.See“Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drive
bays”onpage35.
5.DisconnectthefrontpanelcableandthefrontpanelUSBcablefromtherearofthefrontpanelboard.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethefrontpanelboardandthencarefullyremovethefrontpanel
boardfromthechassis.
Figure150.Removingthefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchhard-disk-drivebays
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewfrontpanelboardtoanyunpaintedsurface
ontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewfrontpanelboardoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethefrontpanelboardbyitsedges.
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