Mid-mounting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 45
Initial Setup and Verification.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Items required...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................51
Providing power to the device........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Establishing a first-time serial connection.................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Configuring the IP address..................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Using DHCP to set the IP address.........................................................................................................................................................................................53
Setting a static IP address..........................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Setting the date and time.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Setting the time zone................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
Establishing an Ethernet connection...............................................................................................................................................................................................55
Setting the domain ID........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 56
Verifying correct operation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Backing up the configuration............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Powering down the device.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 58
Installing Transceivers and Cables................................................................................................................................................................................59
Time and items required...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 59
Cleaning the fiber-optic connectors................................................................................................................................................................................................ 60
Managing cables..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 60
Installing an SFP+ transceiver............................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Replacing an SFP+ transceiver..........................................................................................................................................................................................................61
Installing a QSFP transceiver.............................................................................................................................................................................................................62
Replacing a QSFP transceiver...........................................................................................................................................................................................................63
Verifying the operation of new transceivers................................................................................................................................................................................. 64
Monitoring the Device..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 65
Interpreting port-side LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
System power LED.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
System status LED....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66
FC port status LED.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
QSFP port status LED................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67
Interpreting nonport-side LEDs........................................................................................................................................................................................................68
Power supply and fan assembly status LED..................................................................................................................................................................... 68
Interpreting the POST results............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 68
Interpreting the BOOT results........................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69
Running diagnostic tests......................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Power Supply and Fan Assembly..................................................................................................................................................................................71
Power supply and fan assembly overview....................................................................................................................................................................................71
Identifying the airflow direction..........................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Power supply and fan assembly status LED...............................................................................................................................................................................73
Power supply and fan assembly task guide.................................................................................................................................................................................74
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