Replacing A Cable Management Comb; Port, Application, And Encryption Blade Removal And Replacement; Time And Items Required; Removing A Blade - Brocade Communications Systems DCX 8510-8 Hardware Reference Manual

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Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement

Replacing a cable management comb

Complete the following steps to replace the cable management comb.
1. Position and tighten the four (4) screws to secure the cable management comb to the chassis.
2. Arrange the cables along the cable management comb.
3. Replace the chassis door.

Port, application, and encryption blade removal and replacement

This section describes how to remove and replace port, application, and encryption blades. It does
not cover the core (CR) blades or the control processor (CP) blades.
ATTENTION
A filler panel should be removed only when being replaced with a port, application, or encryption
blade, or a filler panel. Any slot that is not occupied by a blade should be occupied by a filler panel
to ensure correct cooling of the chassis and protection from dust.
Slots are numbered from 1 through 12, from left to right when facing the port side of the Brocade
DCX 8510-8. Port, application, and encryption blades can be installed in slots 1 through 4 and 9
through 12.

Time and items required

The replacement procedure for each blade takes less than 10 minutes. Removing and restoring
transceivers and cables may take longer depending on how many must be changed. The following
items are required for the blade and filler panel replacement:
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NOTE
For information about the transceivers that are qualified for the Brocade chassis, go to
http://www.brocade.com/products/interop_and_compatibility.jsp.

Removing a blade

For this procedure, refer to
Complete the following steps to remove a blade.
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap
Workstation computer
Replacement blade or filler panel
#2 Phillips screwdriver
Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+, or mSFP) transceivers (as needed)
Optical and copper cables (as needed)
Figure 17.
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