Omniswitch 6900 Availability Features; Power Supply Redundancy; Hot Swapping - Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6900 Hardware User's Manual

OmniSwitch 6900 Availability Features

OmniSwitch 6900 Availability Features
The switch provides a broad variety of availability features. Availability features are hardware and
software-based safeguards that help prevent the loss of data flow in the unlikely event of a subsystem
failure. In addition, some availability features allow users to maintain or replace hardware components
without powering off the switch or interrupting switch operations. Combined, these features provide added
resiliency and help ensure that the switch is consistently available for day-to-day network operations.
Hardware-related availability features include:
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Power Supply Redundancy

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Smart Continuous Switching
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Hot Swapping

•
Hardware Monitoring
Power Supply Redundancy
For information on power supply redundancy, refer to
Hot Swapping
Hot swapping refers to the action of adding, removing, or replacing certain hardware components without
powering off your switch and disrupting other components in the chassis. This feature greatly facilitates
hardware upgrades and maintenance and also allows you to easily replace components in the unlikely
event of hardware failure. The following hardware components can be hot swapped:
• Power supplies
• Transceivers
• Fan tray
• Plug-in modules
Note. Hot-swapping plug-in modules applies to like modules only. If one module type (e.g., OS-XNI-U4)
is being replaced with an unlike module (e.g., OS-XNI-U12) a chassis reboot is required. Refer to
Chapter 2, "Chassis and Power Supplies"
For information on adding and removing power supplies and plug-in modules, refer to
and Power Supplies."
page 1-2
Chapter 2, "Chassis and Power Supplies."
for detailed information on hot-swapping plug-in modules.
OmniSwitch 6900 Hardware Users Guide
OmniSwitch 6900
Chapter 2, "Chassis
September 2011