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3. Follow these steps to insert the blade into the slot.
a) Align the blade in the slot with the flat metal side of the blade at the bottom (blade power and status LEDs are on the left).
b) 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.
c) Continue pushing with your thumbs or fingers until the ejectors move in towards the blade slightly indicating that the
connectors are engaged.
d) 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.
4. Tighten the captive for each ejector using a #1 Phillips screwdriver.
As blade seats completely, amber blade status and green blade power LEDs illuminate.
NOTE
Be sure that captive screws are tightened. If not, high pressure from fan operation may unseat blade from chassis
connectors.
5. Observe the blade power and status LEDs and verify the following:
a) Verify that the status LED on the blade shows amber until POST completes for the blade, then turns off. If the status LED
remains amber, the board may not be properly seated in the backplane or the board may be faulty.
NOTE
POST may take several minutes to complete on these blades.
b) Verify that the power LED on the port blade is displaying a steady green light to indicate that the blade has power. If it does
not turn on, ensure that the blade is firmly seated and ejector captive screws are tightened.
6. Install the transceivers and cables in the blade.
7. Group and route the cables through the vertical cable management finger assemblies.
8. Allow sufficient time for blade to initialize and for all ports to transition online.
9. Reinstall the chassis door. The door is required to meet EMI compliance.
Verifying blade operation
Perform the following tasks to verify operation of new blade:
1. Check the LED indicators on the blade's front panel. For information on interpreting LED patterns, refer to Interpreting core
routing blade LEDs on page 108.
Enter the slotShow command and note any error conditions:
Verifying blade operation
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