Replacement Procedure

Control Processor Blade (CP8) Replacement Procedure 3
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In this guide
•Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
•Time and items required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
•Verifying the necessity of replacement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
•Recording critical backbone information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
•Removing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
•Replacing a control processor blade (CP8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
•Verifying operation of the new CP blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Introduction
This document describes how to remove and replace a control processor (CP8) blade. Each PowerConnect B-DCX-4S
and PowerConnect B-DCX has two CP8 blades. In the DCX-4S they are located in slots 4 and 5. In the DCX they are
located in slots 6 and 7.
NOTE
If the new CP blade does not have the same firmware as the active CP blade, the new blade must be upgraded to the
same firmware version.
Time and items required
The replacement procedure for the CP blade takes approximately 30 minutes. The following items are required for
the CP blade replacement:
• ESD (electrostatic discharge) grounding strap
• Workstation computer
• Serial cable
• IP address of an FTP server for backing up the backbone configuration
• Phillips #2 screwdriver
• Replacement CP8 blade.
Verifying the necessity of replacement
Confirm that you need to replace the CP blade. The following events might indicate that a CP blade is faulty:
• The status LED on the CP blade is lit steady amber, or the power LED is not lit.
• The CP blade does not respond to Telnet commands, or the serial console is not available.
• The slotShow command does not show that the CP blade is enabled.
• The haShow command indicates an error.
• The clock is inaccurate, or the CP blade does not boot up or shut down normally.
• Any of the following messages display in the error log: