Migrating The Switch From Using 40-Gigabit Line Cards To Using 100-Gigabit -Ex Line Cards - Cisco Nexus 9508 Hardware Installation Manual

Replacing or Installing Modules, Fan Trays, and Power Supplies
4 Place each of the lugs for the two positive cables on the terminal posts for the positive slots (two middle slots) of
the terminal box and fasten each lug using two nuts tightened to 40 in-lb (4.5 N·m) of torque.
5 Place each of the lugs for the two negative cables on the terminal posts for the negative slots (two side slots) of
the terminal box and fasten each lug using two nuts tightened to 40 in-lb (4.5 N·m) of torque.
6 Replace the safety cover on the terminal box and fasten it in place using its three screws.
c) Power up the power supply as follows:
1 Turn on the power source circuit breaker for both input lines.
Verify that the Input 1 (IN1) and Input 2 (IN2) LEDs light up on the power supply.
2 Turn the power switch on the power supply to ON (labeled 1 on the power supply).
The LEDs should flash and then the OK LED should turn on (green) in addition to the Input LEDs.
What to Do Next
You are ready to connect the switch to the network.
Migrating the Switch from Using 40-Gigabit Line Cards to Using
100-Gigabit -EX Line Cards
You can migrate the switch to using 100-Gigabit -EX line cards, such as the N9K-X9732C-EX line card, by
replacing the older 40-Gigabit line cards with 100-Gigabit -EX line cards and replacing the older 40-Gigabit
N9K-C9508-FM fabric modules with four 100-Gigabit N9K-C9508-FM-E fabric modules.
Before You Begin
Ensure that the switch is running NX-OS software for release 7(3)i4(2) or later.
Step 1 Save the current switch configuration to the boot flash by using the copy running-config command.
switch$ copy running-config bootflash:backup-config
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
Step 2 Replace each of the older line cards (N9K-X94xx, N9K-X95xx, or N9K-X96xx) with an N9K-97xxx-EX line card as
explained in the
Note You can hot swap these line cards during operations.
Caution Be sure that any line card slots left empty after this replacement are filled with blank modules
(N9K-C9508-LC-CV).
Step 3 Replace the N9K-C9508-FM fabric modules with four N9K-C9508-FM-E fabric modules in fabric module slots FM 2,
FM 3, FM 4, and FM 6 as explained in the
You can hot swap these fabric modules during operations.
Note

Migrating the Switch from Using 40-Gigabit Line Cards to Using 100-Gigabit -EX Line Cards

Installing or Replacing a Line Card, on page
Replacing a Fabric Module, on page
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