IBM Type 8730 User Manual

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Removing

and

installing

blower

modules

The

BladeCenter

T

unit

comes

with

four

hot-swap

blowers

for

cooling

redundancy.

The

blowers

are

installed

at

the

rear

of

the

system.

The

blower

speeds

vary

depending

on

the

ambient

air

temperature

at

the

front

of

the

BladeCenter

T

unit.

If

a

blower

fails,

the

remaining

blowers

increase

their

speed

to

cool

the

BladeCenter

T

unit

and

blade

servers.

All

flour

blowers

are

required

for

redundant

system

operation.

Power

for

all

four

blowers

is

shared

by

all

installed

power

modules.

One

failed

blower

creates

a

nonredundant

configuration.

Note:

Each

power

module

has

cooling

fans

that

are

independent

from

the

system

cooling.

Blower

Error LED

Power LED

Important:

Replace

a

failed

blower

as

soon

as

possible

to

restore

cooling

redundancy.

Use

the

instructions

in

this

section

to

remove

or

install

a

blower

module

at

the

rear

of

the

BladeCenter

T

unit.

Note:

Blowers

on

the

left

side

of

the

system

are

installed

with

the

release

lever

pointing

upward,

and

blowers

on

the

right

side

are

installed

with

the

release

lever

facing

downward.

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BladeCenter

T

Type

8720

and

8730:

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and

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