Removing an fc i/o blade – Dell PowerVault ML6000 User Manual

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Chapter 12 Installing, Removing, and Replacing

Adding, Removing, and Replacing FC I/O Blades

Dell PowerVault ML6000 User’s Guide

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7

Make sure cover plates are installed over any unused bays in the 9U

Library Expansion Module.

8

Cable the library as described in

Cabling Libraries With Fibre

Channel Tape Drives Connected to Fibre Channel I/O Blades

on

page 228.

9

Save the library configuration (see

Saving the Library Configuration

on page 385).

Removing an FC I/O
Blade

12

These instructions explain how to remove an FC I/O blade from your

library. You can remove an FC I/O blade while the library is powered on.

Required tools:

None

1

Access the back of the expansion module containing the FC I/O

blade.

2

Tag and disconnect all FC cables from the FC I/O blade.

3

Lift the latch hooks out of the locked position and push them up. You

will feel the FC I/O blade unplug from the expansion module’s

backplane.

4

Continue lifting on the latch hooks until the blade is totally

unplugged from the backplane.

5

Slide the FC I/O blade out of the expansion module.

Caution:

Bays that are not populated with blades must

contain a cover plate. If the cover plate is not

installed, FC I/O blade temperature errors will

occur.

Note:

The library will generate a RAS ticket when you remove the

I/O blade. If you do not want the library to generate a RAS

ticket, you can power down the I/O blade before removing it.

See

Controlling FC I/O Blade Power

on page 187.

Caution:

Handle the FC cables with care. They will be damaged

if they are bent at more than a four inch arc.

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