Module Placement and Rules
3-10 Installation
Example 1 (Figure 3-6, A)
Showsonemoduleinstalledinthechassis.Ifthechassisispopulatedwithonlyone
4xxxxx,itmustbeinstalledinslot1.
Rule:Ifonlyone4xxxxxisinstalledinthechassis,itmustbeinslot1.Alwaysinstalla
4xxxxxinslot1ofthechassis.
Example 2 (Figure 3-6, B)
Showsthechassisfullypopulatedwith4xxxxxmodules.Allmodulesmaybehot
swapped,exceptthemoduleinslot1.Ifthemoduleinslot2isdesignatedasaredundant
managementmodule,themoduleinslot1maybehotswappedwithoutshuttingdown
thesystem.Themoduleinslot2canbedesignatedusingtheCLIcommand
setl icense <licensekey>.
Forinformationonhowtousethiscommand,refertotheMatrixDFEGoldSeries
ConfigurationGuide.Toaccessthisguideontheweb,referto“RelatedDocuments”on
pagexiv.
Withoutadesignatedredundantmanagementmoduleinslot2,removingthemodulein
slot1willshutdownthesystem.
Rule:Anymoduleina4xxxxxsystem,includingthemanagementmoduleinslot1,may
behotswappedwhenthereisa4xxxxxmoduledesignatedasaredundantmanagement
moduleinslot2.
Example 3 (Figure 3-6, C)
Showstheprimarymanagementmodulemissingfromslot1.Aslongasthemodule
installedinslot2isdesignatedasaredundantmanagementmodule,themoduleinslot1
canberemovedwithoutaffectingsystemoperation.However,ifthereisnomodulein
slot 1,andthesystemispowereddown,itcannotberestartedwithoutamoduleinslot1.
Rule:Youcannotpowerupthesystemcompletelywithoutamoduleinslot1.
Example 4 (Figure 3-6, D)
Showsachassispopulatedwith4xxxxxand7xxxxxmodules.DONOTinstall4xxxxxand
7xxxxxmodulesinthesamechassis.Ina4xxxxxsystem,thechassismustbededicatedto
DFEGoldmodulesonly.Thechassiswillberenderedinoperableifanyothertypeof
module(DFEPlatinumorlegacymodules,forexample)areinstalledinthesamechassis
withDFEGoldmodules.
Rule:Ina4xxxxxsystem,thechassismustbepopulatedwithonly4xxxxxboardsto
operate.