Lenovo System x3630 M4, Installation And Service Manual

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2. Pull the system fan cable out of the cable retainer clip.
3. Grasp the top of the fan with your index finger and thumb and lift the fan out of the server.
Step 9. If you are instructed to return the fan, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging
materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
Replacing a system fan
Use this information to replace a system fan.
For proper cooling, the server requires that all fans in the system be operating at all times.
Attention: To ensure proper server operation, if a fan fails, replace the fan immediately.
See “System-board internal connectors” on page 30 for the locations of the fan cable connectors.
Read the safety information that begins in “Safety” on page v and “Installation guidelines” on page 36
Steps for installing Fan 1A:
Fan 1A
Fan 2A
Fan 3A
To install or replace a fan, complete the following steps
1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new fan to any unpainted metal surface on the
server. Then, remove the new fan from the package.
2. Pull up the blue handle on the system fan cage.
3. Orient the fan so that the fan cable points to the system board.
4. Lower the fan into the fan slot in the server and ensure that is it seated correctly.
5. Connect the system fan cable to the connector on the system board.
6. Insert the system fan cable into the cable retainer clip.
7. Return the blue handle back to its horizontal position.
8. Install the air baffle (see “Replacing the air baffle” on page 323).
9. Install the PCI riser-card assembly (see “Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly” on page 237).
10. If you have the optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage installed, rotate it downwards (see “Rotating
the optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage down” on page 181).
11. Install the server top cover (see “Replacing the server top cover” on page 321).
Chapter 6
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