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Chapter 13: Hot Swapping Line Cards and Control Modules
190 SmartSwitch Router User Reference Manual
Deactivating the Line Card
To deactivate the line card, do one of the following:
• Press the Hot Swap button on the line card. The Hot Swap button is recessed in the line
card's front panel. Use a pen or similar object to reach it.
When you press the Hot Swap button, the Offline LED lights. Figure 14 shows the
location of the Offline LED and Hot Swap button on a 1000 Base-SX line card.
Figure 14. Location of Offline LED and Hot Swap button on a 1000 BASE-SX line card
•Use the system hotswap out command in the CLI. For example, to deactivate the line
card in slot 7, enter the following command in Enable mode:
After you enter this command, the Offline LED on the line card lights, and messages
appear on the console indicating the ports on the line card are inoperative.
Note:
If you have deactivated a line card and want to activate it again, simply pull it
from its slot and push it back in again. (Make sure the Offline LED is lit before you
pull out the line card.) The line card is activated automatically.
Alternately, if you have not removed a line card you deactivated with the system
hotswap out command, you can reactivate it with the system hotswap in
command. For example, to reactivate a line card in slot 7, enter the following
command in Enable mode:
Removing the Line Card
To remove a line card from the SSR:
1. Make sure the Offline LED on the line card is lit.
Hot
Swap
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Online
Offline
Rx
Tx Link
AN
Rx
Tx Link
AN
Offline LED
Hot Swap Button
1000BASE-SXSSR-GSX11-02
ctron-ssr-1# system hotswap out slot 7
ctron-ssr-1# system hotswap in slot 7