Sun Microsystems 820-4733-10 Fabric Card Service Procedures, Fabric Card Considerations

C H A P T E R 6

Fabric Card Service Procedures

This chapter describes procedures for servicing the fabric cards. Topics include:

■Section 6.1 “Fabric Card Considerations” on page 6-1

■Section 6.2 “Troubleshooting Fabric Cards” on page 6-2

■Section 6.3 “Inspecting Fabric Cards” on page 6-3

■Section 6.4 “Powering Off Fabric Cards” on page 6-6

■Section 6.5 “Removing Fabric Cards” on page 6-7

■Section 6.6 “Installing Fabric Cards” on page 6-8

■Section 6.7 “Powering On Fabric Cards” on page 6-10

Commands described in this chapter are executed at the management console. See the Sun Datacenter Switch 3456 Administration Guide for more information about these commands.

6.1Fabric Card Considerations

Caution – The thermal management of the switch chassis is compromised when a fabric card slot is vacant. You must install a filler panel or replacement fabric card immediately after removing one.

Fabric cards use high-density iTRAC connectors that interface with the midplane pins. If these connectors are damaged, the pins of the midplane connector are also damaged upon fabric card insertion.

You must inspect the fabric card connectors, fans, and retainers before installing the fabric card into the switch chassis.

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