Removing a fan – Dell POWEREDGE 1955 User Manual

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Installing System Options

Removing a Fan

NOTICE:

After a fan module is removed from the system, replace it immediately to ensure proper cooling.

1 Identify the failed system fan using the back-panel fan module indicators. See Figure 1-7.

Fan 1 is the fan closest to the chassis midplane; Fan 2 is the fan closest to the fan-module handle.

2 Remove the fan module:

a

Press down on the fan-module release tab. See Figure 3-2.

b

Rotate the fan-module handle down to eject the fan module.

c

Slide the fan module out of the chassis.

Figure 3-2.

Removing and Installing a Fan Module

3 Remove the failed fan:

a

Pull up the fan-release tab. See Figure 3-3.

b

Lift up the fan lever.

c

Pull out the fan from the fan module.

1

handle

2

release tab

3

fan module

3

1

2

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