SwitchX Switch EVB Hardware User Manual
Rev 1.5
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ing mechanism particular to the cable vendor. When a logical connection is made the yellow light
will come on. When data is being transferred the green light will blink.
Figure 22: Top and Bottom Ports
To remove, disengage the locks and slowly pull the connector away from the port receptacle.
Both LED indicators will turn off when the cable is unseated.
Care should be taken not to impede the air exhaust flow through the ventilation holes next to the
connector ports. Cable lengths should be used which allow for routing horizontally around to the
side of the chassis before bending upward or downward in the rack.
4.6.6
Extracting and Inserting the Fan Unit
This switch can operate indefinitely with one of the three fans in the fan module inoperable so
long as the ambient temperature is below 45° Celsius.
Figure 23: Air Flow Labels
To extract a Fan Unit:
1. Using two fingers, push both latch releases towards each other simultaneously while pulling
the fan module out of the switch. As the fan unseats, the fan status indicator will turn off.
Cables in the bottom row should be inserted up side down in relation to the how the
cables are inserted in the top row.
Operation without a fan unit should not exceed two minutes.
During fan hot-swap, if both indicators are OFF then the fan unit is disconnected.
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These air flow labels must be the same
