Removing And Installing A Cr16-4 Core Switch Blade; Verifying The Necessity Of Replacement; Time And Items Required - IBM System Storage SAN384B-2 Installation, Service And User Manual

4. Pack the faulty CP blade in the packaging provided with the new CP blade for
5. Install the chassis door (See "Removing and installing the chassis door" on

Removing and installing a CR16-4 core switch blade

This section describes how to remove and install a core switch blade. The
SAN384B-2 has two core switch blades: one in slot 3 and one in slot 6. Note that
the blade shown in Figure 36 on page 83 is shown with EMI plugs installed.

Verifying the necessity of replacement

Confirm that you need to replace the core switch blade before continuing. The
events might indicate that a core switch blade is faulty:
v The status LED on the core switch blade is lit steady amber, or the power LED is
v The slotShow command does not show that the core switch blade is enabled.
v The haShow command indicates an error.
v Any of the messages display in the error log:
For more information about error messages, refer to the Fabric OS Message
Reference.

Time and items required

The installation procedure for the core switch blade takes approximately 30
minutes. The items are required for the core switch blade replacement:
v ESD grounding strap
v #2 Phillips screwdriver
v Replacement CR16-4 core switch blade.
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5 CP1 FOS v7.0.1
v7.0.1
7 FX8-24 FOS v7.0.1
v7.0.1
If you have one or more application blades in the chassis, the Fabric OS
automatically detects mismatches between the active CP firmware and the
application blade's firmware and triggers the auto-leveling process. This
auto-leveling process automatically updates the application blade firmware to
match the active CP. At the end of the auto-leveling process, the active CP and
the application blades will run the same version of the firmware.
return to IBM, local procedures.
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not lit.
– "Slot unknown" message relating to a core switch blade slot
– core switch blade errors or I
– FRU: FRU_FAULTY messages for a core switch blade
– Configuration loader messages or "Sys PCI config" messages
– Generic system driver messages ("FABSYS")
– Platform system driver messages ("Platform")
– Error messages that indicate a problem with a core switch blade
– Function fail messages for the core switch blade master
ACTIVE *
2
C timeouts