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SANbox 9000™ Series
Chassis Replacement Guide
1. Chassis with shipping covers
WARNING!!
This guide describes the procedure for one person to replace a SANbox 9000 Series chassis. It involves removing blades while the switch is in the rack, an d then removing the empty
chassis. Depending on the location of the switch in the rack, it may be easier to remove the
populated switch from the rack first. In this case, to avoid injury or damage to the switch,
arrange for the help of an assistant when removing or installing a populated switch.
Tools Required
Crosshead screw driver, medium
ESD wrist strap
CAUTION!
Always use an ESD wrist strap when handling and blades and modules.
To avoid damage to the I/O blades, CPU bla des, Power Supply blades, and Fan blades,
do not touch the circuit boards and electrical components.
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Backup the Switch
Configuration
Create a backup of the switch configuration if
one does not already exist and upload it from
the switch to the management workstation.
Open a Telnet session and enter the
Config Backup command to create the file on
the switch. Then use FTP to upload it to the
management workstation. Y ou can accomplish
the same task using the Archive function of
the QuickTools interface.
Inventory Feature Licenses
Enter the Feature Log command to display the
installed feature licenses. Make note of the
license keys so that the feature licenses can
be installed in the new chassis.
If you have installed license keys, enter the
Show Version command and make note of the
chassis serial number. You will need this
number to request new license keys later.
Switch login: admin Telnet
Password: password
Sanbox #> admin start
Sanbox (admin) #> config backup
SANbox (admin) #> exit
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ftp <ip_address> FTP
User: images
Password: images
ftp> binary
ftp> get configdata
ftp> bye
SANbox #> feature log
Mfg Feature Log:
--------------- Customer Feature Log:
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1) day mon date hh:mm:ss year - Switch Licensed for
HyperStack(tm)capability
200000-LCRXIET7KXSXO
SANbox # > show version
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SystemDescription SANbox 9000 FC Switch
EthNetworkAddress 10.20.11.192 (use 'set setup system
EthMACAddress 00:c0:dd:00:71:ee
WorldWideName 10:00:00:c0:dd:00:71:ed
ChassisSerialNumber FAM033100024
SymbolicName SANbox
ActiveSWVersion V6.2.x.x.xx.xx
ActiveTimestamp day month date time year
DiagnosticsStatus Passed
Power Down the Switch
Isolate the switch from the fabric.
Confirm that the primary CPU Heartbeat LED
is showing the normal 1 blink per second. This
allows the switch to correctly report power
supply status.
Move the On/Off switch to the Off position on
both Power Supply blades.
Unfasten the restraint bails from the plugs,
and unplug the power cords from both Power
Supply blades.
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Disconnect Ethernet and
Serial Cables
Disconnect Ethernet cables from CPU blades
and the Maintenance Panel.
Disconnect HyperStacking cables from the
CPU blades.
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Disconnect Fibre Channel
Port Cables
Label I/O blades by slot number. I/O blade
slots are numbered IO0–IO7.
Label Fibre Channel port cables by slot
number and port number.
4-Gbps I/O blade ports are numbered
0–15 from top to bottom, left to right.
10-Gbps I/O blade ports are numbered
0–4, top to bottom, left to right.
Disconnect Fibre Channel port cables.
Remove I/O Blades
Connect an ESD wrist strap to a ground point
on the rack.
Rotate the I/O blade latch to the full open
position. Pull the I/O blade by the latch to
disengage the I/O blade from the midplane.
Carefully slide the I/O blade out of the chassis.
IO0 IO1
0 8
15
7
Remove I/O blade panels in the same way.
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1. Latch, IO0 blade
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