Time Required; Items Required; Removing And Replacing An Sfp, Sfp+, Or Xfp Optical Transceiver - Brocade Communications Systems DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Installation Manual

Time Required

Time Required
The replacement procedure for one 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
holster. The extraction tool is designed to remove transceivers from switches and blades where the
space is limited.
FIGURE 28 Optical transceiver (SFP, SFP+, and XFP) extraction tool
Removing an SFP, SFP+, or XFP transceiver
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.
2. Pull the bail (wire handle) away from its pivot point and out, sliding the transceiver out of the switch
or blade.
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