Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Toreplacethefrontpanelboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage75.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage75.
4.Locatethefrontpanelboard.See“Servercomponents”onpage29.
5.Disconnectthefront-panel-boardcablefromthesystemboard.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethefrontpanelboardandthenremovethefrontpanelboard
fromthechassis.
Figure164.Removingthefrontpanelboard
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewfrontpanelboardtoanyunpaintedsurface
ontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewfrontpanelboardoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethefrontpanelboardbyitsedges.
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