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Migrating the Switch from Using 40-Gigabit Line Cards to Using 100-Gigabit -EX/-FX Line Cards
Verify that the Input 1 (IN1) and Input 2 (IN2) LEDs light up on the power supply.
2. Turn the power switch on the power supply to ON (labeled 1 on the power supply).
The LEDs flashes and then the OK LED turns on (green) in addition to the Input LEDs.
What to do next
You are ready to connect the switch to the network.
Migrating the Switch from Using 40-Gigabit Line Cards to Using
100-Gigabit -EX/-FX Line Cards
You can migrate the switch to using 100-Gigabit -EX/-FX line cards, such as the N9K-X9732C-EX line card,
by replacing the older 40-Gigabit line cards with 100-Gigabit -EX line cards and replacing the older 40-Gigabit
N9K-C9508-FM fabric modules with four 100-Gigabit N9K-C9508-FM-E or N9K-C9508-FM-E2 fabric
modules.
Before you begin
Ensure that the switch is running NX-OS software for release 7(3)i4(2) or later.
Note
Step 1
Save the current switch configuration to the bootflash by using the copy running-config command.
switch$ copy running-config bootflash:backup-config
Copy complete, now saving to disk (please wait)...
Step 2
Replace each of the older line cards (N9K-X94xx, N9K-X95xx, or N9K-X96xx) with an N9K-97xxx-EX or N9K-X97xx-FX
line card as explained in the
You have the option of hot swapping these line cards during operations.
Note
Caution
Be sure that any line cardslots left empty after this replacement are filled with blank modules
(N9K-C9500-LC-CV).
Step 3
Replace the N9K-C9508-FM fabric modules with four N9K-C9508-FM-E or N9K-C9508-FM-E2 fabric modules in
fabric module slots FM 2, FM 3, FM 4, and FM 6 as explained in the
the Cisco Nexus 9500 Platform Line Cards and Fabric Modules Data Sheet
You have the option of hot swapping these fabric modules during operations.
Note
Cisco Nexus 9508 NX-OS Mode Switch Hardware Installation Guide
108
When upgrading line cards and their fabric modules, upgrade the Cisco NX-OS software before inserting
the line cards and fabric modules. Failure to do so can cause a diagnostic failure on the line card. Please
see the
release notes
for details.
Installing or Replacing a Line Card, on page
Replacing or Installing Modules, Fan Trays, and Power Supplies
81.
Replacing a Fabric Module, on page
89.
Also see
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