Remove the Front LED Indicator Module

  1. Prepare the server for service.
    1. Power off the server.
    2. Disconnect the power cords from the power supplies.
    3. Extend the server into the maintenance position.
    4. Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist, and then to a metal area on the chassis.
    5. Remove the server top cover.
  2. Disconnect the LED indicator module cable from the motherboard.

    Note:

    To ease removal of the LED indicator module cable, you might need to lift the disk backplane auxiliary signal cable and SAS cable (if present) from the left-side cable trough.
    Figure showing the LED indicator module cable being disconnected from the motherboard.
  3. Remove the three No. 2 Phillips screws that secure the FIM cable cover to the chassis [1].
    Figure showing the removal of the front LED indicator module.
  4. Lift up and remove the FIM cable cover from the FIM cable cover slot [1].

    Set aside the FIM cable cover.

  5. Remove the front LED indicator module [2].
    1. Remove the two No. 2 Phillips screws that secure the LED indicator module to the server front panel.
    2. Remove the LED indicator module and cable from the server front panel.

      Remove the LED indicator module cable by carefully pulling the cable through the left-side cable trough.