CAUTION: 
Hazardous moving fan blades nearby. Keep fingers and other body parts away.
Remove the air baffle
Use this information to remove the air baffle.
“Read the  
installation 
Guidelines” on 
page 53
“Power off  
the server  
for this task” 
on page 13
Before removing the air baffle:  
1.  Remove the top cover. See “Remove the top cover” on page 56.
2.  If there is a RAID super capacitor module installed on the top of the air baffle, remove the RAID super 
capacitor module first.
To remove the air baffle, complete the following step:
Watch the procedure
A video of this procedure is available at 
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs- 
C9jFjZnXQ6AmTXaIdX6_HJ
. 
Figure 31. Air baffle removal
Step 1.  Grasp the air baffle and carefully lift it out of the server.
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