Remove the Temperature Sensor

  1. Prepare the server for service.
    1. Power off the server and disconnect the power cords from the power supplies.
    2. Remove the server from the rack.
    3. Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist, and then to a metal area on the chassis.
    4. Remove the server top cover.
  2. Remove the left-side mounting bracket from the server chassis.

    Figure showing the left-side mounting bracket being removed from the server chassis.
    1. Lift up on the mounting bracket clip to disengage the clip from the chassis locating pin.
    2. Pull the mounting bracket toward the rear of the chassis until all five chassis locating pins protrude through the five keyhole openings in the mounting bracket.
    3. Lift the mounting bracket off the locating pins and set it aside.
  3. Disconnect the temperature sensor cable from the disk backplane.

    Figure showing the temperature sensor cable being disconnected from the disk backplane.
  4. Using a Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws that secure the front indicator module (FIM) assembly to the server chassis [1].

    Figure showing the temperature sensor being removed from the chassis.
  5. Carefully slide the FIM assembly toward the front of the server to remove it from the chassis [2].
  6. Remove the temperature sensor from the plastic housing by pulling the sensor from its seated location. Then remove the sensor cable by pulling it through the slit in the housing [2, 3].
  7. Remove the temperature sensor and cable by carefully pulling the sensor cable rearward and through the left-front chassis sidewall. Then lift the temperature sensor from the chassis [4].