Quantum SMART-1 6000-L User manual

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17 February 2022
QUANTUM SMART-1
6000-L/6000-XL
APPLIANCES
REPLACING SAN CARDS

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Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
Safety Instructions 5
Hardware Components 6
Procedure 7
Preparing the Appliance 7
Replacing the Bracket on a SAN Card 8
Removing the Riser 10
Installing an Expansion SAN Card into the Riser 11
Removing an Expansion SAN Card from the Riser 12
Installing the Riser 13
Reassembling the Appliance 13
Replacing a Transceiver 14
Attaching Cables 15
Viewing LEDs on the SAN Card 16

Safety Instructions
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Safety Instructions
nLift the appliance with assistance. To avoid injury, do not attempt to lift the appliance by yourself.
nOpening or removing the appliance cover, while the appliance is powered on may expose you to a
risk of electric shock.
nDo not operate the appliance without the cover for more than five minutes. Operating the appliance
without the cover can result in component damage.
nMany repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. Only perform troubleshooting and
simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the technical support.
nWe recommend that you always use an antistatic mat and antistatic strap on your wrist, while working
on components inside the appliance.
nTo ensure proper operation and cooling, all bays in the appliance and cooling fans must be always
populated with a component or a blank.
For more information, see the Enterprise Products Safety, Environmental, and Regulatory Information
booklet supplied in the original appliance shipping carton.
Best Practice - We recommend that only experienced personnel install or remove
hardware components. Installing or removing components incorrectly can permanently
damage the Security Appliance.
Important - Make sure that you are electromagnetically grounded when working with
hardware components of the appliance. ESD (electrostatic discharge) can damage the
appliance.

Hardware Components
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Hardware Components
Item Description
1 Front panel
2 Riser 1
3 Rear panel

Procedure
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Procedure
Use the relevant install or replace workflow for your appliance. For each step in the workflow, follow the
instructions as described in the subsequent sections of this guide.
To install a new expansion SAN card:
1. Prepare the appliance with a shut down, halt and disconnection of power.
2. If necessary, replace the short bracket on the new SAN card with the supplied larger bracket.
3. Install a new expansion SAN card into the riser.
Best Practice - We recommend that you populate the bottom-most slot first.
4. Reassemble the appliance.
5. Install a transceiver.
To replace an existing expansion SAN card:
1. Prepare the appliance with a shut down, halt and disconnection of power.
2. Remove the existing expansion SAN card from the riser.
3. If necessary, replace the short bracket on the new SAN card with the supplied larger bracket.
4. Install a new expansion SAN card into the riser.
5. Reassemble the appliance.
6. Install a transceiver.
Preparing the Appliance
To prepare the appliance:
1. Make sure to follow the Safety Instructions .
2. Shut down the appliance:
nIn Gaia Portal:
Go to Maintenance >Shut Down, and click Halt.
nIn Gaia Clish:
Run: halt
3. Open the retention strap that secures the power cables to the PSUs.
4. If AC PSUs are installed in the appliance:
Disconnect the power cables from the AC PSUs.
5. If DC PSUs are installed in the appliance:

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Disconnect the safety ground wires from the DC PSUs.
Disconnect the DC power connectors from the DC PSUs.
6. Remove the hook-and-loop straps that hold and secure the system cables, if they interfere with the
PSU removal.
7. Remove any other attached cables, if necessary.
8. Remove the appliance from the rack. See the Installing the Quantum Smart-1 6000-L/6000-XL
Telescopic Rails booklet for illustrated installation procedures.
9. Put the Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) grounding strap on your wrist and attach the other end to a
grounding point.
10. Remove the appliance cover:
a. Use a flat or a Phillips head screwdriver to rotate the latch release lock counter-clockwise to the
unlocked position.
b. Lift the latch.
c. Slide the cover back.
The tabs on the cover should disengage from the guide slots on the appliance.
d. Hold the cover on both sides and lift the cover away from the appliance.
Replacing the Bracket on a SAN Card
The Emulex LPe31002 Dual, 16GFC Host Bus Adapter SFP+ is shipped with a short and long bracket.
nIf the long bracket is attached to the SAN card, no replacement is necessary and you can continue to
install the card in the riser.
nIf the short bracket is attached to the SAN card, follow the instructions below to replace it with the long
bracket supplied in the carton.
Note - The optical transceivers on the SAN card are delicate.
nRemove and install the transceivers carefully.
nUse ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) precautions such as an antistatic floor mat and an antistatic wrist
strap.

Procedure
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To remove the transceivers:
1. Pull the bail (handle) out and down to release the latch for a typical optical transceiver.
2. Pull the transceiver gently (without force).
3. The transceiver slides out easily after the latch releases.
4. Remove the second optical transceiver.
5. Store the transceivers in a safe place using ESD (Electrostatic Discharge) precautions such as
antistatic bags.
To remove the bracket:
1. Remove the mounting bracket screws from the top of the adapter.
2. Remove the bracket.

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3. Align the new longer bracket tabs with the holes in the adapter.
Notes:
nBe careful not to push the bracket past the EMI (Electromagnetic Interference) compression
tabs of the SFP+ (Small Form-Factor Pluggable) transceiver cages.
nMake sure that the LEDs for the SAN card ports align properly with the holes in the bracket.
4. Reinstall the screws to attach the new bracket to the SAN card.
To reinstall the transceivers:
1. Slide the transceiver into the housing.
2. Gently engage the latch until it clicks.
3. Push the bail (handle) back into place.
Removing the Riser
Press the release latches, and lift the riser from the riser connector on the system board.