Installing Fabric Cards; Fabric Card Considerations - Sun Microsystems Datacenter Switch 3456 Installation Manual

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Installing Fabric Cards

This chapter describes inspection and installation procedures, and administrative
commands for fabric cards. Topics include:
"Inspecting Fabric Cards" on page 60
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"Installing Fabric Cards Into the Chassis" on page 63
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"Fabric Card Administrative Commands" on page 68
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Fabric Card Considerations

Caution – The thermal management of the switch chassis is compromised when a
fabric card slot is vacant. You must install a filler panel or replacement fabric card
immediately after removing one.
Though the fabric cards are not heavy, they should be installed by two people. This
method ensures that proper alignment can be achieved before the fabric card
retainers are locked. Improper alignment can bend midplane connector pins.
Fabric cards use high-density iTRAC connectors that interface with the midplane
pins. If these connectors are damaged, the pins of the midplane connector can also
be damaged upon fabric card insertion.
You must inspect the fabric card connectors, fans, and retainers before installing the
fabric card into the switch chassis.
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