Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Backbone DCX 8510-4 - Manual (Page 82)

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Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement
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FIGURE 19 Removal and replacement of the vertical cable management finger assemblies
Replacing a cable management finger assembly
Complete the following steps to replace the cable management finger assembly.
1. Position and tighten the three (3) screws to secure the vertical cable management finger
assembly to the rack upright.
2. Arrange the cables along the cable management finger assembly.
3. If necessary, repeat steps 1 and 2 for the other cable management assembly.
4. Replace the chassis door.
Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement
This section describes how to remove and replace port, application, and encryption blades. It does
not cover the core (CR) blades or the control processor (CP) blades.
ATTENTION
A filler panel should be removed only when being replaced with a port, application, or encryption
blade, or a filler panel. Any slot that is not occupied by a blade should be occupied by a filler panel
to ensure correct cooling of the chassis and protection from dust.
Slots are numbered from 1 through 8, from bottom to top when facing the port side of the Brocade
DCX 8510-4. Port, application, and encryption blades can be installed in slots 1-2 and 7-8.
Time and items required
The replacement procedure for each blade takes less than 10 minutes. Removing and restoring
transceivers and cables may take longer depending on how many must be changed. The following
items are required for the blade and filler panel replacement:
• Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap
• Workstation computer
• Replacement blade or filler panel
• #2 Phillips screwdriver
• Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+, or mSFP) transceivers (as needed)
• Optical and copper cables (as needed)
NOTE
For information about the transceivers that are qualified for the Brocade chassis, go to
http://www.brocade.com/products/interop_and_compatibility.jsp .