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Install the rear top cover

Follow instructions in this section to install the rear top cover.

About this task

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240VA shock hazard
CAUTION

Hazardous energy present. Voltages with hazardous energy might cause heating when shorted with metal, which might result in spattered metal, burns, or both.

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shock hazard
CAUTION
Hazardous voltage, current, and energy levels might be present. Only a qualified service technician is authorized to remove the covers where the label is attached.
Attention
  • Read Installation Guidelines and Safety inspection checklist to ensure that you work safely.

  • Power off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables. See Power off the server.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding systems.

Operating the server with the top cover removed might damage server components. For proper cooling and airflow, install the top cover before you turn on the server.

Note
A new top cover comes without a service label attached. If you need a service label, order it together with the new top cover and attach the service label to the new top cover first.

Procedure

  1. Check your server and ensure that:
    • All cables, adapters, and other components are installed and seated correctly and that you have not left loose tools or parts inside the server.

    • All internal cables are connected and routed correctly. See Internal cable routing.

  2. Install the top cover to your server.
    Attention
    Handle the top cover carefully. Dropping the top cover with the cover latch open might damage the cover latches.
    Figure 1. Top cover installation
    Top cover installation

    1. Lower the top cover onto the chassis until both sides of the top cover engage the guides on both sides of the chassis. Then, slide the top cover to the front of the chassis.
      Note
      Before you slide the top cover forward, ensure that all the tabs on the top cover engage the chassis correctly.
    2. Use a screwdriver to install the screw to secure the top cover.
  3. Install the server into the racks. See Install the server to the rack.

After you finish

After installing the top cover, complete the parts replacement. See Complete the parts replacement.

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube