Q-Logic 9100, 59229-05 A manual Removing an I/O Blade

5–Customer Replaceable Units Replacing I/O Blades

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

1.Label and disconnect the Fibre Channel port cables. Label Fibre Channel port cables by port number.

2.Open a Telnet session and enter the Set Blade command to place the I/O blade in the powered-off state. Observe that the blue Hotswap LED is illuminated. The Hotswap LED illuminates continuously to indicate that power to the blade has ceased and the blade can be removed.

3.Pull the I/O blade by the latch to disengage the I/O blade from the midplane as shown in Figure 5-3. Carefully slide the I/O blade out of the chassis.

Figure 5-3 Removing an I/O Blade

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