Administrator Guide
Figure 27. Cable Management Brackets Installed on Chassis
3 To open part of a cable bracket, pull one of the latches forward so that it swings down.
4 To remove a cable bracket, push up the blue button located in the center of a bracket to release it.
When you cable C9010 ports, be sure not to interfere with the airow from the ventilation holes on the right and left sides of the chassis.
Do not remove the cable management brackets with installed cables. First unplug and remove all cables, then remove the brackets.
Installing QSFP+ and SFP+ Transceivers
To connect to network devices and attached port extenders, the C9010 switch uses 40GbE QSFP+ and 1/10GbE SFP+ optical ports. You
can use a breakout cable in a 40GbE QSFP+ port to split it into four SFP+ ports.
Dell Networking guarantees the performance of Dell-qualied cables, adapters, and optics. You can also use non-Dell qualied cables,
adapters, and optics in a C9010, but Dell Networking does not guarantee their performance. If you plug a non-Dell qualied optic into a PE
port, the Dell Networking OS detects it and makes it operational. The system displays a syslog message similar to the following:
%C9000LC0640:8 %IFAGT-5-UNSUP_OPTICS: Non-qualified optics in slot 8 port 1
NOTE
: Non-Dell qualied 40G transceivers are not supported on the C9010. If you insert a non-Dell qualied 40G transceiver into
a C9010 40GbE port, the switch places the interface in an error-disabled (operationally down) state and generates a syslog
message, such as: %C9000LC0640:8 %IFAGT-2-TRANSCEIVER_UNSUPPORTED_ERROR: Transceiver in slot 8
port 4 unrecognized, putting interface in operational-down state.
WARNING: When working with optical bres, follow all the warning labels and always wear eye protection. Never look directly
into the end of a terminated or unterminated bre or connector as it may cause eye damage.
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