Attention:Forpropercoolingandairflow,installtheservercoverbeforeturningontheserver.Operatingthe
serverwiththeservercoverremovedmightdamageservercomponents.
Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstall,remove,orreplacehardwareforyourserver.Youcan
expandthecapabilitiesofyourserverbyaddingnewhardwaredevices,suchasmemorymodules,PCIe
cards,orotherserveroptions,andmaintainyourserverbyreplacingthefailinghardwaredevices.
Ifyouarehandlingaserveroption,refertotheappropriateinstallationandorremovalinstructionsinthis
topicalongwiththeinstructionsthatcomewiththeoption.
Notes:
•UseonlypartsprovidedbyLenovo.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
TheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserverareprotectedbyhavingalldrivebaysandPCIcardslotscovered
oroccupied.WhenyouinstallaninternaldriveoraPCIcard,savetheEMIshieldordummytrayfromthe
drivebayorsavethePCIcardslotbracketintheeventthatyoulaterremovethedevice.
Attention:AnunoccupieddrivebayorPCIecardslotwithoutacover,shield,dummytray,filler,orany
otherprotectionmightimpacttheEMIintegrityandcoolingoftheserver,whichmightresultinoverheating
orcomponentdamage.
Removingandreinstallingtherackhandles
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Readthisfirst:safety
information”onpagevand“Guidelines”onpage73.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookdifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toremoveandreinstalltherackhandles,dothefollowing:
1.Oneachsideoftheserver,removethescrewsthatsecuretherackhandleandthenremovetherack
handlefromthechassis.
Figure45.Removingtherackhandles
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