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SFP transceiver removal and replacement

Use the following procedure to remove and replace an SFP or SFP+ transceiver.

DANGER

All fiber-optic interfaces use Class 1 lasers.

DANGER

Laser radiation. Do not view directly with optical instruments. Class 1M laser products.

Time and items required

The replacement procedure for one transceiver takes less than 5 minutes. You should have the

following items available:

• Replacement SFP or SFP+ transceiver

• Optical transceiver extraction tool

Most Brocade switches and backbones come with an optical transceiver extraction tool (Figure 27)

and holster. The extraction tool is designed to remove transceivers from modules where the space

is limited.

TABLE 18 Options for the CID Recovery Tool

Condition Recovery option

One non-critical seeprom is

corrupted.

Tool displays the CID to be recovered and prompts to continue or

abort.

Both non-critical seeproms are

corrupted.

Tool displays both CIDs to be recovered with default data and

prompts to continue or abort.

Neither non-critical seeprom is

corrupted but there is a data

mismatch.

Tool prompts for the CID to be recovered or to abort.

No corruption or mismatch is found. Tool displays that there is nothing to be done and then exits on

acknowledgement.