Installing An Mda - Avaya VSP 7000 Series Installing

Important:
You can only hot swap MDAs, with the same port speed and count. For example, you can hot
remove a 7008XLS-MDA (8 x 10G) from a switch, and then hot insert a 7008XT-MDA (8 x 10G)
into the switch. You cannot hot remove a 7008XT-MDA (8 x 10G) and hot insert a 7002QQ-
MDA (2 x 40G).
Warm removal
To perform a warm removal, you must disable the MDA before you remove it from an operating
switch.
A warm removal ensures MDA egress traffic routes to an operating switch port. When the MDA is
disabled, you cannot modify the MDA port settings. The MDA settings for auto-negotiation, auto-
negotiation advertisements, speed, duplex, flow control, rate-limiting, and administration status
default when the MDA becomes active. All other applications with individual port configurations,
such as Multi-Link Trunks (MLTs) and virtual LANs (VLANs), do not default when the MDA
operational status changes.
Important:
Avaya recommends using warm removal as the preferred method of removing an MDA from an
operating switch.
Warm insertion
To perform a warm insertion, you enable the MDA after you insert it into an operating switch.
Important:
You can only warm insert an MDA into a switch that was last powered on, or reset, without an
MDA installed.
Warm swap
To perform a warm swap, you must disable the MDA before you remove it from an operating switch,
and enable the replacement MDA after you insert it into the switch.
Important:
You can only warm swap MDAs of the same port speed and count. For example, you can
remove a disabled 7008XLS-MDA (8 x 10G) from a switch, and then insert a disabled 7008XT-
MDA (8 x 10G) into the switch. You cannot disable and remove a 7008XT-MDA (8 x 10G), and
warm insert a disabled 7002QQ-MDA (2 x 40G).
For more information about MDA configuration, see Getting Started with Avaya Virtual Services
Platform 7000 Series, NN47202–303.

Installing an MDA

You can install a Media Dependent Adapter (MDA) to add up to eight additional ports to a switch.
Perform the following procedure steps to insert an MDA into the MDA slot on the switch.
Before you begin
Verify that the MDA is supported on your switch.
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