Installing Your Switch.............................................................................................................................................. 36
Safety Considerations for Installing Switches..............................................................................................37
What You Will Need for the Installation......................................................................................................... 37
Attaching the Switch to a Rack..........................................................................................................................38
Attaching the Switch to a Four-Post Rack...........................................................................................38
Attaching the Switch to a Two-Post Rack............................................................................................43
Pluggable Transceiver Modules................................................................................................................. 48
Optical Cables.................................................................................................................................................... 49
Breakout cables ................................................................................................................................................49
Installing a 750 W Internal AC Power Supply.....................................................................................50
Installing a 750 W Internal DC Power Supply..................................................................................... 53
Establishing a serial connection ........................................................................................................................59
Configuring the Switch for Use.......................................................................................................................... 60
SLX 9250 Series Switch LEDs.................................................................................................................... 62
750 W AC Power Supply LEDs.................................................................................................................. 63
750 W DC Power Supply LEDs..................................................................................................................64
Replacing Internal Power Supplies...........................................................................................................65
Replacing Fan Modules..................................................................................................................................65
Removing the Switch from the Rack...................................................................................................... 66
ExtremeSwitching SLX 9250 Technical Specifications............................................... 70
System specifications..............................................................................................................................................70
SLX 9250 Software Specifications................................................................................................................... 70
Weights and Physical Dimensions...................................................................................................................... 71
Acoustic Specifications ......................................................................................................................................... 73
Fan Tray and Speed Variation..............................................................................................................................73
Power Options............................................................................................................................................................ 74
Power Consumption.................................................................................................................................................74
Power and Heat Dissipation................................................................................................................................. 74
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF)..............................................................................................................75
CPU, Memory............................................................................................................................................................... 75
Standards.......................................................................................................................................................................76
Environmental Data.................................................................................................................................................. 78
750 W Power Supplies Technical Specifications........................................................................................78
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