Removal And Replacement Of The Transceivers; Time Required; Items Required; Removing And Replacing An Sfp, Sfp+, Or Xfp Optical Transceiver - Brocade Communications Systems DCX Backbone Hardware Installation Manual

Removal and replacement of the transceivers

NOTE
The 8-Gbps-capable mSFPs and SFP+s auto-negotiate at 2, 4, and 8 Gbps. The 4-Gbps SFPs auto-negotiate at 1, 2, and 4
Gbps. The mSFPs are compatible only with the FC8-64 high density port blade.
NOTE
The XFP transceivers are used only with the FC10-6 port card. They should not be used in any 1 GE port.

Time Required

The replacement procedure for a transceiver takes less than five minutes.

Items Required

• Replacement mSFP, SFP, SFP+, or XFP
• Optical transceiver extraction tool (for SFP, SFP+, and XFP transceivers)

Removing and replacing an SFP, SFP+, or XFP optical transceiver

Most Brocade switches and backbones come with a transceiver extraction tool and holster. The extraction tool is designed to remove
transceivers from switches and blades where the space is limited.
FIGURE 38 Optical transceiver (SFP, SFP+, and XFP) extraction tool
Removing an SFP, SFP+, or XFP transceiver
NOTE
mSFP optical transceivers should not be inserted into ports intended for SFP or SFP+ transceivers. They will be faulted on
power-up for Fabric OS 6.4.0 and later.
To remove an SFP, SFP+, or XFP (FC6-10 blade only) transceiver, complete the following steps.
1. Remove any cables that are inserted into the transceiver. Use the extraction tool to open the cable latching mechanism.
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