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Removing the power paddle card

Use this information to remove the power paddle card.

To remove the power paddle card, complete the following steps:

  1. Read the safety information that begins in Safety and Installation guidelines.
  2. Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables from the server.
  3. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
    Attention
    Do not allow the server to fall over.
  4. Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see Removing the left-side cover).
  5. Remove the air baffle (see Removing the air baffle).
  6. Remove the fan assembly (see Removing the fan assembly).
  7. Remove the redundant power supply slightly out of the server to disconnect it from the power paddle card.
  8. Disconnect the power SMbus cable and power cables from the connectors on the system board. Disengage the cables from any cable clips.
  9. If a RAID adapter battery is installed on the chassis, disconnect the power cable from the ServeRAID adapter.
  10. Loosen the screws of the hot-swap power supply cage showed as step 1 in the following illustration.
  11. Remove the redundant power supply cage cover showed as step 2 in the following illustration.
  12. Remove the power paddle card out of the redundant power supply cage showed as step 3 in the following illustration.
    Attention
    Make sure that the cage cover have been released from the tabs of the redundant power supply cage showed as the zoom-in area in the illustration.


  13. If you are instructed to return the power paddle card, follow all of the packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.