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Installing and Removing Field-Replaceable Units
This chapter describes installation and removal procedures for the following FRUs:
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InfiniBand Switch Card, page 4-1
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Fibre Channel Gateway Card, page 4-4
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Ethernet Gateway Card, page 4-7
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Blanking Panel for Gateway Slots, page 4-10
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AC Power-Fan Module, page 4-12
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Blanking Panel for AC Power-Fan Module Slot, page 4-14
You can install the following components in your chassis:
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InfiniBand switch card
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Fibre Channel gateway card
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Ethernet gateway card
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AC power-fan module
Caution
Never place your hand inside an empty card or module bay. You should never have cause to place a hand
anywhere inside the Cisco SFS 3504 Server Switch chassis. Unused module bays should always have a
Cisco SFS 3504 Server Switch blanking panel over the bay to ensure proper safety, ventilation, and
cooling.
You must install the following panels in the empty slots of your chassis:
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Blanking panel for gateway slots
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Blanking panel for AC Power-Fan module slot
InfiniBand Switch Card
This section describes how to install and remove an IB switch card and includes the following topics:
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Installing an InfiniBand Switch Card, page 4-2
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Removing an InfiniBand Switch Card, page 4-4
An IB switch card can be removed and installed in the Cisco SFS 3504 Server Switch at any time.
However, if the system is in operation when the IB switch card is removed, it powers down. It powers
up again when an IB switch card is inserted.
