Dell BigIron RX-16, Installation Manual

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vi BigIron RX Installation Guide
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Managing the BigIron RX Series chassis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Displaying chassis status and temperature readings . . . . . . .113
Displaying the Syslog configuration and static and
dynamic buffers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Managing the cooling system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Configuring the cooling system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Manually setting the fan speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Monitoring the cooling system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Managing the interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Configuring interface module boot parameters. . . . . . . . . . . .123
Synchronizing the interface module’s IronWare images between
management and interface modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Specifying an immediate boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Changing priority of chassis slots for interface modules . . . .129
Disabling and reenabling power to the interface modules . . .130
Disabling and reenabling power to the switch fabric modules130
Enabling and disabling management module CPU usage
calculations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Displaying management module CPU usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .132
Enabling and disabling packet logging for management and interface
modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Displaying a packet log . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Removing MAC address entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Chapter 6 Maintaining a BigIron RX Series Switch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Replacing a management module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Removing a management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Installing a new management module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Replacing an interface module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Removing an interface module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Installing a new interface module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Replacing a switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Removing a switch fabric module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Installing a new switch fabric module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Replacing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Removing a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Installing a new fiber-optic transceiver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Cabling a fiber-optic transceiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Replacing a power supply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Determining which power supply failed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Replacing a power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147