Removing and replacing Tier 1 CRUs
Replacement of Tier 1 CRUs is your responsibility. If IBM installs a Tier 1 CRU at
your request, you will be charged for the installation.
The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Removing the cover
To remove the server cover, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Turn off the server and all peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords
3. If the server has been installed in a rack, slide the server out from the rack
4. Press the cover-release button.
5. Slide the cover back approximately 1.27 cm (0.5 inches); then, lift it off the
6. Lift the server cover off the server and set it aside.
7. If you are instructed to return the cover, follow all packaging instructions, and
Attention:
turn on the server.
Installing the cover
To install the server cover, complete the following steps:
1. Make sure that all cables, adapters, and other components are installed and
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and all external cables.
Note: When you disconnect the power source from the server, you lose the
ability to view the LEDs because the LEDs are not lit when the power source is
removed. Before you disconnect the power source, make a note of which LEDs
are lit, including the LEDs that are lit on the operation information panel and
LEDs inside the server on the system board.
Cover-release
button
enclosure.
server.
use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
For proper cooling and airflow, replace the server cover before you
seated correctly and that you have not left loose tools or parts inside the server.
Also, make sure that all internal cables are correctly routed.