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Removing and Replacing a Fan Module

TherearpaneloftheNE1032Thasthreebasforhot‐swapfanmodules.Three

activefanmodulesarerequiredforredundancy.

Withactivefanmodulesinallfanbays,ifonefanfails,theswitchwillsendan

errormessageandcontinueoperation.Youcanthenreplacethefailedfan

without

poweringofftheswitchordisruptingswitchfunctions.Ifasecondfanfails,the

switchwillsendanothererrormessage,writealogmessagetoflashmemory,and

shutdowntopreventoverheating.

Removing the Fan Module

CAUTION:

Besuretofinishthereplacementprocedurepromptly.Theswitchcouldoverheat

ifleftwithoutcoolin gforanextendedperiod.

Toremoveahot‐swapfanmodule,completethefollowingsteps:

1. Loosentheretainerscrew.

Attention:

Grasptheextractorhandleandgentlypullthefanmodulefromthe

slot.

Iftheinletairtemperatureisabove35

C(95

F)whiletheswitchisinoperation,

replacethefanmodulewithinfiveminutestoavoidoverheatingtheswitch.

Toreturnthecomponenttocustomerserviceforreplacement,seeAppendixA,

“GettingHelpandTechnicalAssistance“tohelpyougatheralltherequired

informationthatisnecessarytoreturnacomponent.Afteryouremovethe

component,securelypackthecomponentforshipping.

Retainer Screw

Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T User Manual

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