Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-4 manual Core switch blade CR16-4 removal and replacement

5 Core switch blade (CR16-4) removal and replacement

4.Pack the faulty CP blade in the packaging provided with the new CP blade, and contact the switch supplier to determine the return procedure.

5.Replace the chassis door.

If you have one or more application blades in the chassis, the Fabric OS automatically detects mismatches between the active CP firmware and the application blade's firmware and triggers the auto-leveling process. This auto-leveling process automatically updates the application blade firmware to match the active CP. At the end of the auto-leveling process, the active CP and the application blades will run the same version of the firmware.

Core switch blade (CR16-4) removal and replacement

This section describes how to remove and replace a core switch blade (CR16-4). The Brocade DCX 8510-4 has two core switch blades: one in slot 3 and one in slot 6. Note that the blade shown in the removal illustration (Figure 23) is shown with EMI plugs installed.

Time and items required

The replacement procedure for the core switch blade takes approximately 30 minutes. The following items are required for the core switch blade replacement:

•ESD (electrostatic discharge) grounding strap.

•Phillips #2 screwdriver.

•Replacement core switch blade

Faulty core switch blade indicators

Confirm that you need to replace the core switch blade before continuing. The following events might indicate that a core switch blade is faulty:

•The status LED on the core switch blade is lit steady amber, or the power LED is not lit.

•The slotShow command does not show that the core switch blade is enabled.

•The haShow command indicates an error.

•Any of the following messages display in the error log:

-“Slot unknown” message relating to a core switch slot

-Core switch blade errors or I2C timeouts

-FRU: FRU_FAULTY messages for a core switch blade

-Configuration loader messages or “Sys PCI config” messages

-Generic system driver messages (“FABSYS”)

-Platform system driver messages (“Platform”)

-EM messages that indicate a problem with a core switch blade

-Function fail messages for the core switch master

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