Installing The Rpms And Line Cards; Installing A Second Rpm - Dell Force10 E300 Installing And Maintaining

WARNING: Do not supply power to your E300 system until the PEM and fan tray are installed and verified,
and RPMs, SFMs, and line cards have been installed.

Installing the RPMs and Line Cards

CAUTION: Use of controls or adjustments or performance of procedures other than those specified herein
may result in hazardous laser exposure.
Figure 7-1. Installing Line Cards and RPMs into the E300
Line cards are hot-swappable.
To install line cards or RPMs:
Step Task
1
Hold the card by the edges. Avoid touching the printed circuit board and connector pins. Extend the left and right
card levers before you insert the card into the slot.
Align the card with the guide and gently slide it into the slot until you feel the connectors engage with the chassis
backplane.
2
Rotate the levers to seat the backplane connectors and line card in place.
3
Secure card and blanks in place by tightening the left and right captive screws on each card.
4
Follow the same installation procedure for the remaining cards and slots.

Installing a Second RPM

CAUTION: If your system contains two RPMs, both RPMs must contain the same software image.
Install a second RPM either before the system is powered on or after the Primary RPM is up and stable.
After the second RPM is installed, wait several seconds until the connection between the two RPMs is
established before configuring any commands. Below is an example of the messages that should appear:
%POLLMGR-2-ALT_RPM_STATE: Alternate RPM is present
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