Mda Warm And Hot Swap - Avaya VSP 7000 Series Installing

Preparations for network connectivity
The 7008XT-MDA 10GBASE-T ports comply to IEEE 802.3an specification, supporting 10-
gigabit-per-second connections over unshielded or shielded twisted pair cables, over distances
up to 328 feet (100 meters) .
Important:
Category 6A or better balanced twisted-pair cables are required to carry 10 gigabits per
second up to 328 feet (100 meters). Category 6 cables can carry 10 gigabits per second up
to 180 feet (55 meters).
• 7002QQ-MDA — provides two 40GBASE-QSFP+ ports

MDA warm and hot swap

The VSP 7000 Series supports the following methods for installing, removing, and swapping MDAs:
• Hot removal
• Hot insertion
• Hot swap
• Warm removal
• Warm insertion
• Warm swap
Note:
MDA insertions do not interrupt traffic within the switch or stack.
Hot removal
To perform a hot removal, you remove an MDA while the switch is operating.
Important:
Hot removal can cause packet loss. After you hot remove an MDA, packets scheduled to egress
the MDA ports are discarded, and an unsafe MDA removal log message is generated.
Hot insertion
To perform a hot insertion, you insert an MDA while the switch is operating.
After you perform a hot insertion, the switch can access and use the MDA without requiring a reset.
If the MDA status is enabled, no commands are required for the hot insertion.
Hot swap
To perform a hot swap, you remove one MDA and insert another while the switch is operating,
without resetting the switch, or issuing a command after insertion.
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August 2014