Install a Fabric Card
Figure 54: Fabric Card installed in a Chassis
Step 4
Slide the module all the way into the slot.
Step 5
Rotate both ejector levers to 90 degrees to the front of the chassis and be sure that the module is locked to the
top and bottom of the slot.
Step 6
Tighten the captive screw on each of the two levers to 8 in-lb (0.9 N-m) of torque, so that each lever is locked
in place on the module.
Step 7
Verify the fabric card LEDs become green.
Step 8
Run the reload location 0/location/CPU0 command.
Step 9
Wait for the fabric card to become operational. Use the show platform | inc FC command to verify the status.
Note
Step 10
Reset the fabric control plane using the no controller fabric plane <plane-id> shutdown command
Step 11
Verify that the Fabric LED for the slot that you specified turns on. Also, you can verify that the card is in
power on state by running the show platform command to verify the status of the card to be POWERED_ON.
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The fabric card must be operational before resetting the fabric plane.
Replace Chassis Components