Notes:
•ThefrontpanelboardisextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage82
rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Replacingthefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddisk
drivebays
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage81.
Toreplacethefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
4.Locatethefrontpanelboard.See“Componentsofservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrive
bays”onpage32.
5.DisconnectthefrontpanelcableandthefrontpanelUSBcablefromtherearofthefrontpanelboard.
6.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethefrontpanelboardandthencarefullyremovethefrontpanel
boardfromthechassis.
Figure123.Removingthefrontpanelboardforservermodelswitheight3.5-inchharddiskdrivebays
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewfrontpanelboardtoanyunpaintedsurface
ontheoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewfrontpanelboardoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethefrontpanelboardbyitsedges.
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