Verifying Need For Replacement; Recording Critical Powerconnect B-Dcx-4S And San Information - Dell PowerConnect B-DCX-4S Replacement Procedure

Items required
The following items are required for the chassis replacement:
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding strap
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ESD grounding pads for protecting all blades and WWN cards
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Serial cable and workstation computer with a terminal emulator application (such as HyperTerminal for Windows
systems or TIP for Solaris systems), required only if serial console session used
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Pallet jack or hydraulic or assisted lift that raises a minimum of 55 in. (140 cm) and carries a minimum of 250
lb (113 kg)
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A surface to place the old chassis on, such as a second lift or the pallet originally provided with the old chassis
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#2 Phillips screwdriver

Verifying need for replacement

Verify that replacement of the chassis is necessary. Ensure that the components are firmly seated when
troubleshooting, and contact your support provider with any questions about whether the chassis should be
replaced.
Any of the following events might indicate the need to replace the chassis:
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Visible mechanical damage to the chassis, including damage to sheet metal or card guides that prevents correct
installation of a blade.
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Bent or damaged connectors on the backplane (the surface inside the chassis to which the blades connect).
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One or more components (such as a power supply, blower assembly, port blade, control processor blade (CP8),
core switch blade (CR4S-8), or WWN card) do not function properly even after the component was replaced.
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The psShow or fanShow commands continue to show a faulty component even though the component was
replaced.
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The slotShow command continues to show a faulty control processor (CP8), core switch (CR4S-8), or port blade
even though the blade was replaced.

Recording critical PowerConnect B-DCX-4S and SAN information

All commands must be entered from a CLI session (Telnet or serial) to the active CP blade unless otherwise
indicated.
NOTE
Run supportshow which includes all of the information in
For detailed information about Fabric OS commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference. Use a checklist
(Table 1) to ensure that all required information is recorded.
TABLE 1
Critical information checklist
Configuration information
Location of "config-switch.txt" file
Location of "config-miscinfo.txt" file
IP address, subnet mask
WWN for PowerConnect B-DCX-4S
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Table 1 and more.
PowerConnect B-DCX-4S Chassis Replacement Procedure
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