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Removing components

Remove components to reduce the weight of the Flex System Enterprise Chassis so that it can safely be installed in the rack.

Statement 4
Graphic illustrating safety practices when lifting

Graphic illustrating Safety Statement 4

Graphic illustrating Safety Statement 4

Graphic illustrating Safety Statement 4
≥ 18 kg (39.7 lb)≥ 32 kg (70.5 lb)≥ 55 kg (121.2 lb)
CAUTION
Use safe practices when lifting.

Statement 32

CAUTION
To avoid personal injury, before lifting the unit, remove all the blades, power supplies, and removable modules to reduce the weight.

Graphic showing that you must remove the components and use 3 people to lift the chassis.

Complete the following steps:

  1. Remove the components from the front of the chassis and place them on a flat, static-protective surface.
    1. Read Safety and Handling static-sensitive devices.
    2. Remove all of the installed compute nodes or storage nodes.

      Graphic showing the removal of a 1-bay compute node.

      Graphic showing the removal of a 2-bay compute node

      Graphic showing the removal of a 4-bay storage enclosure
    3. Remove the Flex System Manager management node, if one is installed.

      Graphic showing the removal of an Flex System Manager from the chassis
    4. Remove the node bay fillers and the chassis shelves, if you want to reduce the weight of the chassis further.
      See Removing a chassis shelf for instructions.
  2. Remove the components from the rear of the chassis and place them on a flat, static-protective surface.
    1. Remove all of the power supplies.

      Graphic showing the removal of a power supply
    2. Remove both of the 40 mm fan modules.

      Graphic showing the removal of a 40 mm fan module
    3. Remove all of the 80 mm fan modules.

      Graphic showing the removal of a 80 mm fan module
    4. Remove all of the I/O modules.

      Graphic showing the removal of an I/O module
    5. Remove all of the Chassis Management Modules.

      Graphic showing the removal of an CMM from the chassis