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6 – Removal/Replacement I/O Blades

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I/O Blades

You can remove and install I/O blades while the switch is operating. The following instructions assume that the switch is operating. If you want to maintain service to the devices connected to a particular blade while it is being replaced, transfer the Fibre Channel cables to another blade. To remove an I/O blade blank panel, simply disengage the latch and slide the blank panel from the switch.

CAUTION! The I/O blade contains sensitive logic components. To avoid damage to the I/O blade, do not touch the I/O blade components.

Keep I/O blades in ESD protective containers or anti-static bags when not in use.

To replace an I/O blade, do the following:

1.Label the Fibre Channel port cables by port number. Ports on each I/O blade are numbered 0-7 from top to bottom. Disconnect the Fibre Channel port cables.

2.Put on an ESD wrist strap, and connect it to the ground jack on the CPU module shown in Figure 6-2or some other ground point on the chassis.

3.Open a Telnet session and enter the Hotswap command. You can also replace an I/O blade using the SANbox Manager application. Perform the tasks as prompted:

Note: The switch will become unresponsive if you do not perform the tasks as prompted. If the switch becomes unresponsive, you must power cycle the switch.

SANbox2-64 (admin) #> hotswap

This command will guide you through the hotswap process. If this process is not followed exactly, then a seamless transition cannot be guaranteed and a switch power cycle will be required.

4.Choose the Replace task (1).

The following procedures may be performed:

1)Replace installed IO blade

2)Insert an IO blade

3)Remove an IO blade

4)Exit this process

Which procedure above do you want to initiate?

(1-4): [4] 1

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