Installing, Removing, and Replacing
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• Each FC I/O blade is accompanied by a fan blade that cools the FC I/O blade. The fan blade is installed to the right of
the I/O blade in the 9U Library Expansion Module. Each 9U Library Expansion Module has four bays and can
accommodate two FC I/O blades and two fan blades.
Figure 21 shows the FC I/O blade and I/O blade fan installed in
the 9U Library Expansion Module. For instructions on installing the I/O blade fan, see
Adding, Removing, and Replacing
the FC I/O Fan Blade.
• The recommended order of installing the FC I/O blade and fan blade in any 9U Library Expansion Module is starting
from the bottom two bays and moving up.
Figure 21 FC I/O Blade and Fan Blade Bays in a 9U Library Expansion Module
1 FC I/O blade
2 Fan blade
3 9U Library Expansion module
Read This First: Complete Installation Steps
When installing an FC I/O blade, you must follow the installation steps in this order or communication with the I/O blade and
tape drives in the library will not work properly.
Caution: If you are adding a new FC I/O blade or completely removing an FC I/O blade, be sure to read Working With
Control Paths. If you do not configure control paths correctly, you will experience communication problems with tape
drives, partitions, and the medium changer (robot).
You may perform the following steps with the library powered on.
1 Ensure you are running 400-level firmware or above.
2 Save the library configuration (see Saving the Library Configuration).
3 Connect the Ethernet cable from the Library Control Blade to the 9U Library Expansion Module(s). For each FC I/O
blade installed in a 9U Library Expansion Module, connect the 9U Library Expansion Module containing the FC I/O
blade(s) to a port in the Ethernet hub on the LCB (see
Figure 9).
Note: If the Ethernet cable between the LCB and the 9U Library Expansion Module is not connected when power is
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