FRU Replacement Guide
5 Storage Interconnect Replaceable Units
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5.3 Fan Replacement Procedure
The switch has redundant hot-swappable fans.
Prerequisites
• Obtain a replacement fan from HGST.
Required Tools
• Ladder
• Long Phillips-head screwdriver
Time Estimate:
Unknown.
This section describes how to replace a fan of the Storage Interconnect.
To replace the fan, do the following:
1.
Remove the two blanking plates from the top front of the rack.
2.
Identify the Storage Interconnect that has the faulty fan.
Figure 40: Location of Storage Interconnect Switches: [1]
3.
Identify the faulty fan.
4.
Squeeze the two tabs inward on the faulty fan and pull the fan out.
5.
Push the new fan into the same slot.
6.
Reattach the two blanking plates onto the top front of the rack.
