5–Customer Replaceable Units Replacing I/O Blades

Installing an I/O Blade

NOTE:

8-Gbps I/O blades require firmware version 7.8 or higher.

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

1.Open the I/O blade latch and slide the I/O blade into the chassis until it makes contact with the midplane connector.

2.Rotate the latch upward to lock the I/O blade in place. When the I/O blade is properly installed, the Hotswap LED will extinguish. If the Hotswap LED begins flashing, remove the I/O blade and reinstall it.

3.Confirm the I/O blade status. Open a Telnet session and enter the Show Chassis command to display the operational status of the I/O blade.

4.Reconnect the Fiber Channel port cables according to their labels.

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59229-05 A, 9100 specifications

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