Plastic tab

Protective cap

10 o

SFP module

Figure 36. Unlocking the SFP module latch - plastic variety

vFor SFP modules that contain wire tabs, unlock the SFP module latch by pulling the wire latch outward 90°, as shown in Figure 37.

Wire

tab

Protective

cap

90oSFP module

Figure 37. Unlocking the SFP module latch - wire variety

3. With the SFP latch in the unlocked position, extract the SFP module.

vFor SFP modules that contain plastic tabs, slide the SFP module out of the port.

vFor SFP modules that contain wire tabs, grasp the wire latch and pull the SFP module out of the mini-hub port.

4.Replace the protective cap on the SFP module.

5.Place the SFP module into a static-protective package.

6.Replace the protective cap on the host port.

Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables

The LC-LC fibre-channel cable is a fiber-optic cable that you use to connect

DS4700 Express fibre channel ports into one of the following devices:

vAn SFP module installed in a fibre channel switch port

vAn SFP module of the host bus adapter port

vAn SFP module installed in an IBM DS4000 storage expansion enclosure

See Figure 38 on page 62 for an illustration of the LC-LC fibre-channel cable.

For more information about cabling these devices, see the documentation that comes with the LC-LC fibre-channel cable.

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IBM DS4700 manual Using LC-LC fibre-channel cables, Unlocking the SFP module latch plastic variety