Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 Installation Manual page 4

Installing the G8296 in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing the Air-Duct Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installing Port Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Removing and Replacing Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Removing Port Transceivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Removing and Replacing a Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Removing and Replacing a Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Removing the G8296 from a Standard Equipment Rack . . . . . . . . . . 74
Removing the switch from a Lenovo System x or Power Rack. . . . . . . . 76
Removing the G8296 from a Lenovo NeXtScale Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Removing the Air-Duct Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacing the G8296. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Initializing the G8296 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
System Status LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Connecting to the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Logging Into the Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Default Configuration Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring the Management Interface for Remote Access . . . . . . . . . 92
Updating Firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
The Boot Management Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
System LED Is Not Lit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Port Link LED Is Not Lit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Temperature Sensor Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Switch Does Not Initialize (Boot) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
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Lenovo G8296 Installation Guide
Installing the G8296 in a Standard Equipment Rack . . . . . . . . . . 40
Installing the G8296 in a Lenovo System x or Power Rack. . . . . . . . 43
Installing the G8296 in a Lenovo NeXtScale Rack . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Installing an SFP Copper Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Installing an SFP Optical Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Installing an SFP+ Optical Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Installing a QSFP+ Optical Transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Removing the Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing the Power Supply Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Removing the Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Replacing the Fan Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Preparing and Returning the G8296 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Configuring Vital Product Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Serial Console Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Using the Management Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Boot Recovery Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Recover from a Failed Image Upgrade using TFTP. . . . . . . . . . . 97
Recovering from a Failed Image Upgrade using XModem Download . . 99
Physical Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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