X7-8-Install-IG100 Installation Guide
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X7-8 Director Hardware Installation Guide
Complete the following steps to install a CP blade.
1. If a protective sleeve is covering the blade connectors, remove the sleeve.
2. Follow these steps to insert the blade into the slot.
a) Carefully push the blade into the slot using your thumbs or fingers on the blade faceplate.
CAUTION
To avoid damaging blade and chassis, do not push the blade into a slot or pull the blade from a slot using
the ejector handles.
When the blade face is about 2.54 cm (1 in.) from the chassis, you should feel resistance as the blade connectors
meet the backplane connectors.
b) Continue pushing with your thumbs or fingers until the ejectors move in towards the blade slightly indicating that
the connectors are engaged.
c) Simultaneously push both ejector handles in towards the blade center with even pressure until the blade
completely seats in the slot.
NOTE
As you move the handles, you will hear connectors engaging the backplane connector and possibly a
slight popping noise. This is normal and is due to the dense backplane.
3. Tighten the captive screw for each ejector using a No. 1 Phillips screwdriver.
As the blade seats completely, the amber blade status and the green blade power LEDs illuminate.
NOTE
Be sure that the captive screws are tightened. If they are not tightened, high pressure from fan operation
may unseat blade from chassis connectors.
4. Observe the blade power and status LEDs and verify the following:
a) The amber status LED on the blade illuminates until POST completes for the blade. The LED remains amber
until the blade has gained sync with the active CP. This can take a few minutes to complete depending on the
configuration. If the status LED remains amber for an extended period, the board may not be properly seated in the
backplane or the board may be faulty.
b) The power LED on the port blade should displays a steady green. If it does not turn on, ensure that the blade is
firmly seated and blade ejector screws are tightened.
5. Connect the cables to the new CP blade.
6. Remain logged in to the active CP and continue to
Verifying and Synchronizing Firmware on Blades
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Verifying and Synchronizing Firmware on Blades
At this point, the active blade is up and running. The replacement blade is the standby blade. Next, you must ensure that
boot and POST are complete on the newly installed CP blade, that the CP blade has achieved failover redundancy, and
that firmware levels are synchronized on the installed blades.
Perform the following steps.
1. Enter
slotShow
. The command output shows the new CP blade as "enabled."
If the standby CP is unresponsive, you can try unplugging the new CP blade, running
haDisable
on the active CP
blade, and plugging the new CP blade back in. At that point, you can repeat Step 1 to begin the verification process
again.
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