Documentation, Support, and Training
Understanding ILOM on the Switch
Administering ILOM (Web Interface)
Understanding Service Procedures
Inspect the Power Supply Hardware
Inspect the Power Supply Connectors
Servicing the Fabric Cards and Fabric Card Fillers
Inspect the Fabric Card Chassis
Inspect the Fabric Card Retainer Bolts
Inspect the Fabric Card XBOW Connectors
Remove a Fabric Card or Fabric Card Filler
Install a Fabric Card or Fabric Card Filler
Servicing the InfiniBand Cables
Inspecting the InfiniBand Cables
Inspect the InfiniBand Cable Hardware
Inspect the InfiniBand Cable Connectors
Inspect the Line Card Retainer Bolts
Inspect the Line Card XBOW Connectors
Inspect the Line Card CXP Connectors
Doing Supportive Software Tasks
Note - Use the table in Component Addressing to determine the slot number or IPMB address
of your component.
![]() | Caution - Before beginning this procedure, have a replacement line card or replacement line card filler prepared and standing by for immediate installation. A quick exchange is necessary to maintain chassis thermal management. |
Identify the prerequisite and subsequent tasks you must perform in conjunction with this procedure, to achieve a goal.
See the table in Servicing the Line Cards.
Power off the line card, using the deactivate and disableboard commands.
For example, if you are removing line card 8:
# deactivate lc 8 Deactivating LC 8 Pigeon Point Shelf Manager Command Line Interpreter Command issued via IPMB, status = 0 (0x0) Command executed successfully #
# disableboard lc 8 lc 8 is M1 state, turning off stby STBY for lc 8 is off #
Note - Once deactivated and disabled, the links provided by the line card are now lost. The Subnet Manager will attempt to establish new routes for those links while you continue the procedure.
Remove the line card.
See Remove a Line Card.
Switch Reference, deactivate command
Switch Reference, disableboard command