C H A P T E R
4
Replacing Components
•
Preparing a Fabric Interconnect for Removal, on page 37
•
Removing a Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect, on page 38
•
Replacing a Fabric Interconnect, on page 38
•
Repacking the Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect for Return Shipment, on page 42
Preparing a Fabric Interconnect for Removal
Removing a standby fabric interconnect is non-disruptive in a redundant Cisco UCS configuration. Removing
an active fabric interconnect will cause the standby fabric interconnect to become active with minimal or no
disruption.
Be aware that if you remove both the active and standby fabric interconnect, or the sole fabric interconnect
from a standalone system, you are shutting down the entire Cisco UCS domain.
Caution
Procedure
Step 1
Use Cisco UCS Manager to perform the following tasks:
a) Back up your Cisco UCS Manager configuration.
b) Shut down the OS on all servers in the Cisco UCS domain.
c) Disable the Smart Call Home feature in the Cisco UCS domain.
d) Decommission every attached chassis in the Cisco UCS domain.
For details, see the
Configuration Guide
for the version of Cisco UCS Manager that you are using. The
configuration guides are available at this URL:
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/
servers-unified-computing/ucs-manager/products-installation-and-configuration-guides-list.html
.
Step 2
Power down every attached chassis as described in the
Cisco UCS 5108 Server Chassis Hardware Installation
Guide
.
When powering down and removing clustered fabric interconnects, remove the secondary fabric interconnect
first, and then remove the primary fabric interconnect.
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