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Installing the fan board

Use this information to install the fan board.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To install the fan board, complete the following steps.

  1. Align the fan board holes with the cage holes on the server chassis.
  2. Lower the fan board into the server.
    Figure 1. Fan board installation
    fan board installation
  3. Tighten the fan board with 10 6#32 screws.
  4. Reinstall the cable on the fan board.
  5. Reinstall the power interface board bracket (see Installing the power interface board bracket).
  6. Reinstall the power interface board (see Installing the power interface board).
  7. Reinstall the cables on the power interface board.
  8. Reinstall the fan cage (see Replacing the fan cage).
  9. Reinstall the system fan (see Replacing a system fan).
  10. Reinstall the fan cage cover (see Installing the fan cage cover).
  11. Reinstall compute node (see Installing a compute node in a chassis).
  1. Install the server into the rack enclosure and push the server into the rack until it clicks into place.
  2. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
  3. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.