Appendix G Repacking The Switch - HP FlexFabric 12900E series Installation Manual

Appendix G Repacking the switch

This chapter describes how to repack the switch chassis, power supplies, and cards.
Removing cables from the switch
Before repacking the switch, remove all cables such as the power cords, console cable, twisted pair
cables, optical fibers, and grounding cable from the switch.
Removing the power cords
Switch off the circuit breakers at the input end of all power cords.
1.
Wear an ESD wrist strap, and make sure it makes good skin contact and is reliably grounded.
2.
For more information, see
Remove power cords.
3.
For an AC power cord, remove the cable tie, and then remove the power cord connector
from the power supply.
For a DC power cord, loosen the screws on the power cord connector, and then remove the
connector from the power supply.
Perform the same step to remove the other power cords.
4.
Removing the console cable
Pull the RJ-45 connector of the console cable out from the console port of the switch.
1.
Pull the DB-9 connector of the console cable out from the serial port of the PC or the terminal.
2.
Removing the grounding cable
Loosen the two screws at the grounding holes (located at the upper right of the power
1.
distribution box on the rear panel and marked with a grounding sign) of the chassis, as shown
by callout 2 in
Use a wrench to loosen the hex nut on the grounding post of the grounding strip, and remove
2.
the other end of the grounding cable (with a ring terminal) from the grounding post, as shown by
callout 3 in
"Installing
Figure 91, and then remove the grounding cable from the chassis.
Figure 91.
FRUs."
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