Installing And Formatting Compactflash Cards - Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Manual

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Swing the door closed so that the unused hinge pins fit inside the slots on the top and bottom of the door.
Step 14
When you close the door, the door stopper automatically presses the lock button on the inside of the door
so that the door is locked on the hinge pins. If the door stopper does not close the latches, press the door
closed at the handle until you hear the latches click. Make sure that the door is fully secured to the frames
on both sides.
Note If a hinge pin is not secured behind a door latch, open the door handle for that side of the door until it
clicks, open that side of the door, and then press the door closed so that the pins are positioned all the
way inside the door slots. When you close the door, the door stopper automatically closes the door
latches. If you do not hear the latches click, press the door at the handle to fully close it and to activate
the latches. Test the door to make sure that it is fully secured to the four hinge pins.
Whenever you need to open the door, pull one of the door handles open until it clicks and then swing
Tip
that side of the door open.

Installing and Formatting CompactFlash Cards

Each supervisor module on a Cisco Nexus 7000 Series switch is shipped with a CompactFlash card
installed in the LOG FLASH reader. The EXPANSION FLASH reader is left empty, but you can
optionally install a card in that reader. To allow the card to function with the reader, you must make sure
that it is either formatted for the reader before installing it or format it after installing it.
The LOG FLASH and EXPANSION FLASH readers require different formats for their cards.
Note
To replace an installed CompactFlash card, see the
page
To install a CompactFlash card, follow these steps:
Align the card with the slot for the CompactFlash reader slot labeled LOG FLASH or EXPANSION
Step 1
FLASH as shown in
goes into the reader first.
Figure 2-26
Push the card all the way into the reader.
Step 2
If the card does not fit easily into the reader, flip the card so that the bottom edge is on top, and try
pushing the card into the reader.
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Figure 2-26. The grooves on the thin side of the card are on the end of the card that
Aligning a CompactFlash Card to its Reader
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