Chapter 8. Interconnect Parts Replacement Procedures; Replace The Interconnect Switch; Replacing A Cable Between Two Interconnect Switches; Replace The Secondary Interconnect In A Ds-V3 Configuration - Lenovo ThinkAgile CP Part Replacement And Component Maintenance Procedures

Chapter 8. Interconnect parts replacement procedures

Procedures for replacing the Lenovo ThinkAgile CP interconnect switch.
Important: Interconnect switch maintenance and replacement procedures should be performed only by
Lenovo Support.
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Replace the interconnect switch

Procedures for replacing the Lenovo ThinkAgile CP interconnect.
To replace an interconnect switch, first remove the unit from the rack and then install the new interconnect
switch as described in the following sections.

Replacing a cable between two interconnect switches

Information on replacing a cable that connects two interconnects.
Procedure performed by: Customer or field service
Replacing one cable that connects two interconnects can be done live without any specific preparations
steps.
When a cable is disconnected, the product data uplink may lose a portion of its uplink, based on the
installation network topology.

Replace the secondary interconnect in a DS-V3 configuration

Complete these steps to replace the secondary interconnect in a DS-V3 configuration.
Before you begin:
ThinkAgile Advantage Support: Request Support to retrieve the following interconnect settings from the
Cloud Controller database:
• appliance_serial_number, controller_uuid, hypervisor network settings, uplink network settings, and the
Network Controller Services version running on the interconnect
• the reserved VLAN IDs (Hardware management network, MLAG/ISL, Hypervisor, Uplink)
• the peerServiceTag of the primary interconnect
Procedure performed by: customer or field service, Lenovo Support
Step 1. Configure the interconnect you are replacing outside of the stack environment.
The default credentials are:
• Username: manager
• Password: ThinkAgileCP
Step 2. On the replacement interconnect, perform the following steps in Cloud Controller:
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