Line Cards; Blank Panels - Dell C7004/C150 Installing And Maintaining

Table 5-1. RPM Front Panel and LED Descriptions (continued)
Section Label
Alarm LED
Flash Slot
In Use LED
Master LED
Reset Button
SFM Active
Status LED

Line Cards

Line cards are hot-swappable. Any line card can be inserted into any line card slot. Line card slots are
numbered 0 to 3; the number label is on the fan tray. The LC-CB-GE-48P and LC-CB-10GE-8P line
cards can only be installed in a chassis running Dell Networking OS version 7.6.1.0 or later.
NOTE: The LC-CB-GE-48P and LC-CB-10GE-8P line cards are interchangeable between the C7008/C300
and C7004/C150 only if the chassis is running Dell Networking OS version 7.6.1.0 or later.
Line card LEDs are described in the documentation specific to each line card. Refer to the installation
documentation that came with the card for to understand LED appearance and meaning.

Blank Panels

Blanks are required in empty slots to control airflow for adequate system cooling, personal safety, and
EMI containment during operation.
The blank panels do not have board components or connector pins. Align the blank with the guides and
gently slide toward the backplane
NOTE: All chassis slots must be installed with operational modules or blanks. Always replace cards and blank
panels immediately.
20 | RPMs and Line Cards
Description
Red: Major Alarm—a critical condition exists (such as a severe over-temperature condition).
See Appendix , Alarms, on page 57
Flashing red: Minor Alarm—a serious condition exists (such as a single fan failure or a line
card failure). See Appendix , Alarms, on page 57
Unlit: No alarm conditions.
Use the compact flash card (external compact flash memory card) slot to store and retrieve
boot and system images.
Green: The flash memory card is in the process of a read or write process. Do not remove the
flash card when the In Use LED is lit.
Unlit: Not in use
Indicates that this RPM is the Primary RPM
Green: Primary
Unlit: Secondary/ fatal error/ booting
Use this recessed reset switch to reset the RPM by inserting a small object, such as a pen tip,
to depress the button.
Green: Switch Fabric is active
Unlit: Switch Fabric is inactive
Green: Operational
Red: Card problem state
Flashing green: Booting/ diagnostics
Unlit: In standby mode, or power is off
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