5 Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement

FIGURE 19 Removal and replacement of the vertical cable management finger assemblies

Replacing a cable management finger assembly

Complete the following steps to replace the cable management finger assembly.

1.Position and tighten the three (3) screws to secure the vertical cable management finger assembly to the rack upright.

2.Arrange the cables along the cable management finger assembly.

3.If necessary, repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other cable management assembly.

4.Replace the chassis door.

Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement

This section describes how to remove and replace port, application, and encryption blades. It does not cover the core (CR) blades or the control processor (CP) blades.

ATTENTION

A filler panel should be removed only when being replaced with a port, application, or encryption blade, or a filler panel. Any slot that is not occupied by a blade should be occupied by a filler panel to ensure correct cooling of the chassis and protection from dust.

Slots are numbered from 1 through 8, from bottom to top when facing the port side of the Brocade DCX 8510-4. Port, application, and encryption blades can be installed in slots 1-2 and 7-8.

Time and items required

The replacement procedure for each blade takes less than 10 minutes. Removing and restoring transceivers and cables may take longer depending on how many must be changed. The following items are required for the blade and filler panel replacement:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap

Workstation computer

Replacement blade or filler panel

#2 Phillips screwdriver

Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+, or mSFP) transceivers (as needed)

Optical and copper cables (as needed)

NOTE

For information about the transceivers that are qualified for the Brocade chassis, go to

http://www.brocade.com/products/interop_and_compatibility.jsp.

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