Isilon Systems IQ S Series, Field Replacement Manual

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Air baffle
The air baffle optimizes air flow through the node and promotes node cooling in 2U Isilon IQ nodes.
The air baffle optimizes air flow through the node and promotes node cooling in 2U Isilon IQ nodes. Before servicing any
node components attached to the motherboard, you must remove the air baffle. After servicing the node, replace the air baffle.
General ESD guidelines
Always follow electrostatic discharge (ESD) prevention procedures when removing and replacing cards, memory, and other
system components. You must use a wrist strap, attached to the node chassis, for grounding.
Required hardware
• ESD grounded wrist strap
• #2 Phillips screwdriver or #2 JIS driver
Removing the air baffle
1. From the command-line interface, enter
shutdown -p now
to shut down the node.
2. Unplug both power cables from the back panel of the node.
3. Remove the top panel from the node.
For more information, see Removing the node top panel on page 35.
4. Loosen the captive screw that secures the riser card support bracket, pivot the bracket toward the back of the node,
and lift the bracket out.
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