Cisco Nexus 9508 Manual

Cisco Nexus 9508 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
First Published: 2014-08-13
Last Modified: 2020-07-30
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CONTENTS
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Preface vii
PREFACE
Audience vii
Documentation Conventions vii
Related Documentation viii
Documentation Feedback x
Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request x
Overview 1
CHAPTER 1
Overview 1
Preparing the Site 7
CHAPTER 2
Temperature Requirements 7
Humidity Requirements 7
Altitude Requirements 7
Dust and Particulate Requirements 8
Minimizing Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency Interference 8
Shock and Vibration Requirements 9
Grounding Requirements 9
Planning for Power Requirements 9
Rack and Cabinet Requirements 14
Clearance Requirements 16
Installing a Chassis 19
CHAPTER 3
Installing a Rack or Cabinet 19
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Inspecting the New Switch 20
Installing the Bottom-Support Rails 21
Installing a Chassis in a Rack or Cabinet 24
Grounding the Chassis 29
Starting Up the Switch 30
Connecting a 3-kW AC Power Supply to an AC Power Source 31
Connecting a 3-kW Universal AC/DC Power Supply to an AC Power Source 32
Connecting a 3-kW Universal AC/DC Power Supply to a DC Power Source 32
Connecting a 3-kW DC Power Supply to a DC Power Source 33
Connecting the Switch to the ACI Fabric 37
CHAPTER 4
ACI Fabric Topology 37
Preparing to Connect to Other Devices 38
Connecting Leaf Switches to APICs 39
Connecting Leaf Switches to Spine Switches 41
Installing a Gigabit Ethernet module (GEM) 42
Migration of Nodes From a First Generation Switch to a Second Generation Switch 42
Setting Up an Optional Console Interface 44
Setting Up an Optional Management Connection 45
Optic Transceiver Removal Using the Optics Extraction Tool 45
Maintaining Transceivers and Optical Cables 47
Replacing or Installing Modules, Fan Trays, and Power Supplies 49
CHAPTER 5
Preventing Electrostatic Damage 49
Installing or Replacing a Supervisor Module 49
Upgrading a Supervisor Module 52
Installing or Replacing a System Controller Module 53
Installing or Replacing a Line Card 55
Installing and Removing a Blank Line Card 58
Replacing a Fan Tray 60
Removing a Fan Tray 60
Installing a Fan Tray 61
Replacing a Fabric Module 63
Removing a Fabric Module 63
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Installing a Fabric Module 66
Installing or Replacing Power Supplies 70
Installing or Replacing a 3-kW AC Power Supply 70
Installing or Replacing a 3-kW Universal AC/DC Power Supply 73
Installing or Replacing a 3.15-kW Dual Input Universal AC/DC Power Supply 75
Installing or Replacing a 3-kW DC Power Supply 77
System Specifications 83
APPENDIX A
Environmental Specifications 83
Switch Dimensions 83
Weights for the Chassis, Modules, Fan Trays, and Power Supplies 84
Power Specifications 86
Power Requirements for Switch Modules 86
Maximum Power Available to the Switch 86
Power Supply Specifications 87
3000-W AC Power Supply Specifications 87
3000-W Universal AC/DC Power Supply Specifications 87
3000-W Dual Input Universal AC/DC Power Supply Specifications 88
Power Cable Specifications 88
3-kW AC Power Cable Specifications 88
3-kW Universal AC/DC and 3-kW Dual Input Universal AC/DC Power Cable Specifications 92
3-kW DC Power Supply Power Cord Specifications 96
LEDs 97
APPENDIX B
Chassis LEDs 97
System Controller LEDs 98
Supervisor Module LEDs 98
Fan Tray LEDs 99
Fabric Module LEDs 100
Line Card LEDs 101
Power Supply LEDs 102
Additional Kits 105
APPENDIX C
Accessory Kit 105
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Preface
•Audience, on page vii
•Documentation Conventions, on page vii
•Related Documentation, on page viii
•Documentation Feedback, on page x
•Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request , on page x
Audience
This publication is for hardware installers and network administrators who install, configure, and maintain
Cisco Nexus switches.
Documentation Conventions
Command descriptions use the following conventions:
DescriptionConvention
Bold text indicates the commands and keywords that you enter literally
as shown.
bold
Italic text indicates arguments for which the user supplies the values.Italic
Square brackets enclose an optional element (keyword or argument).[x]
Square brackets enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical
bar indicate an optional choice.
[x | y]
Braces enclosing keywords or arguments separated by a vertical bar
indicate a required choice.
{x | y}
Nested set of square brackets or braces indicate optional or required
choices within optional or required elements. Braces and a vertical bar
within square brackets indicate a required choice within an optional
element.
[x {y | z}]
Indicates a variable for which you supply values, in context where italics
cannot be used.
variable
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DescriptionConvention
A nonquoted set of characters. Do not use quotation marks around the
string or the string will include the quotation marks.
string
Examples use the following conventions:
DescriptionConvention
Terminal sessions and information the switch displays are in screen font.screen font
Information you must enter is in boldface screen font.boldface screen font
Arguments for which you supply values are in italic screen font.italic screen font
Nonprinting characters, such as passwords, are in angle brackets.< >
Default responses to system prompts are in square brackets.[ ]
An exclamation point (!) or a pound sign (#) at the beginning of a line
of code indicates a comment line.
!, #
Related Documentation
The Application Centric Infrastructure documentation set includes the following documents that are available
on Cisco.com at the following URL:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.
Web-Based Documentation
•Cisco APIC Management Information Mode Reference
•Cisco APIC Online Help Reference
•Cisco APIC Python SDK Reference
•Cisco ACI Compatibility Tool
•Cisco ACI MIB Support List
Downloadable Documentation
•Knowledge Base Articles (KB Articles)are available at the following URL:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-policy-infrastructure-controller-apic/products-configuration-examples-list.html
•Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Controller Release Notes
•Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Fundamentals Guide
•Cisco APIC Getting Started Guide
•Cisco ACI Virtualization Guide
•Cisco APIC REST API User Guide
•Cisco APIC Command Line Interface User Guide
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Related Documentation

•Cisco APIC Faults, Events, and System Messages Management Guide
•Cisco ACI System Messages Reference Guide
•Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Services Deployment Guide
•Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Device Package Development Guide
•Cisco APIC Layer 4 to Layer 7 Device Package Test Guide
•Cisco ACI Firmware Management Guide
•Cisco ACI Troubleshooting Guide
•Cisco ACI Switch Command Reference, NX-OS Release 11.0
•Cisco Verified Scalability Guide for Cisco ACI
•Cisco ACI MIB Quick Reference
•Cisco Nexus CLI to Cisco APIC Mapping Guide
•Application Centric Inftrastructure Fabric Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco NX-OS Release Notes for Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI-Mode Switches
•Cisco Nexus 9000 Series ACI Mode Licensing Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93108TX-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93108TX-FX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93120TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93128TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93180LC-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9332PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9336PQ ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9372PX and 9372PX-E ACI-Mode Switches Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9372TX and 9372TX-E ACI-Mode Switches Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9396PX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9396TX ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9504 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9508 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
•Cisco Nexus 9516 ACI-Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) Simulator Documentation
The following Cisco ACI Simulator documentation is available at
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/cloud-systems-management/application-centric-infrastructure-simulator/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.
•Cisco ACI Simulator Release Notes
•Cisco ACI Simulator Installation Guide
•Cisco ACI Simulator Getting Started Guide
Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches Documentation
The Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches documentation is available at
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/nexus-9000-series-switches/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.
Cisco Application Virtual Switch Documentation
The Cisco Application Virtual Switch (AVS) documentation is available at
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/switches/application-virtual-switch/tsd-products-support-series-home.html.
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to [email protected]. We appreciate your feedback.
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