Remove the air baffle

Follow the instructions in this section to remove the air baffle.

About this task

S033

CAUTION

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

S017

CAUTION

Hazardous moving fan blades nearby. Keep fingers and other body parts away.

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.

• Operating the server with the air baffle removed might damage server components. For proper cooling and airflow, reinstall the air baffle before you turn on the server.

Procedure

1. Make preparation for the task.
   1. If the server is installed in a rack, slide the server out on its rack slide rails to gain access to the top cover, or remove the server from the rack. See Server replacement.
   2. Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
   3. If there is a RAID flash power module installed on the air baffle, disconnect the cable of the RAID flash power module first.
   4. If there is an M.2 drive installed on the air baffle, disconnect the M.2 backplane cables.
2. Grasp the air baffle and carefully lift it out of the chassis.
   Figure 1. Removing the air baffle
   
   
3. (Optional) Remove the air baffle filler.
   Note

   The filler is needed only for the standard air baffle when no heat sink or a 1U heat sink is installed.

   Figure 2. Removing the air baffle filler
   
   
   1. Hold the filler tabs on both sides of the filler.
   2. Remove the filler from the air baffle as illustrated above.