Nortel 10 Installation Manual

Also see for Nortel 10: Safety instruction Product support bulletin Release note Installation and reference guide Installation instructions

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Chapter 2. Installing and removing the GbE switchmoduleSee the Installation and User’s Guide for your BladeCenter unit for informationabout the I/O-module bay locations in the BladeCenter unit and specificrequirements for installing I/O modules in your BladeCenter unit.Attention: To maintain proper system cooling, each I/O-module bay mustcontain either a module or a filler module; each blade bay must contain eithera blade or a filler blade.The BladeCenter unit supports one hot-plug GbE switch module, inI/O-module bay 1. The GbE switch module in I/O-module bays 1 and 2 arefor the integrated Ethernet controllers in the appropriate blade servers. Youmight want to install GbE switch modules in other I/O-module bays of theBladeCenter unit when additional Ethernet controllers are installed oractivated.For additional information about the location of the GbE switch module, thenetwork interface requirements, and expansion options, see the documentationfor your BladeCenter unit and your blade servers.Installation guidelinesBefore you begin to install the GbE switch module in the BladeCenter unit,read the following information:v Read the safety information beginning on page v and the guidelines in“Handling static-sensitive devices” on page 10, and read the safetystatements in the BladeCenter unit documents.v Orange on the release latch on the GbE switch module indicates that thedevice can be hot-swapped, which means that you can install or remove thiscomponent while the BladeCenter unit is on. See the instructions in thischapter for more information about installing or removing hot-swap orhot-plug components.v You do not have to turn off the BladeCenter unit to install or replace any ofthe hot-swap modules on the rear of the unit.v If you plan to install a GbE switch module in I/O-module bay 3 or 4 of theBladeCenter unit, you must also install an I/O expansion card in the bladeserver to support the GbE switch modules in these bays.© Copyright IBM Corp. 2006 9