Brocade Communications Systems Brocade Backbone DCX 8510-4 - Manual (Page 110)

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Inter-chassis link (QSFP) cable removal and replacement
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FIGURE 31 QSFP cable and transceiver
Time and items required
The replacement procedure for an QSFP cable takes less than five minutes.
You will need a replacement QSFP cable and transceiver (if necessary).
Removing an ICL cable
For the following procedure, refer to Figure 32 .
Complete the following steps to remove a QSFP cable.
1. Grasp the rubber housing on the end of the cable and pull it straight out of the QSFP
transceiver.
2. If the QSFP transceiver also needs to be replaced, remove the QSFP transceiver by rotating the
bail down and using the bail to pull the transceiver out of the connector on the blade.
3. Repeat for each cable that requires replacement.
FIGURE 32 QSFP transceiver (bail open)
Replacing an ICL cable
Complete the following steps to replace a QSFP cable.
1 QSFP transceiver 2 Bail