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Figure 1-47 Removing the Cable Management Front Panel Assembly
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Figure 1-48 Disengaging the Front Panel Tab from the Rear of the Cable Guide Assembly
Step 3
Connect and route a network cable from one of the chassis module ports up through the cable 
management guides and up to the room’s overhead cable trough. When routing network interface cables 
through the cable guides, you must allow adequate slack in the network cable so that...

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Figure 1-49 Routing Network Cables Through the Cable Management Assembly
Step 4
Repeat step 3 for the remainder of the network interface cables. After routing the remaining network 
interface cables through the cable management guides, you are ready to reinstall the cable management 
assembly front panel. 
Step 5Position the front panel assembly and insert the front panel...

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Figure 1-50 Reinstalling the Cable Guide Front Panel Assembly
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Figure 1-51 Securing the Cable Guide Front Panel Assembly
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Verifying Switch Chassis Installation
To verify the switch chassis installation, follow these steps:
Step 1Verify that the ejector levers of each module are fully closed (parallel to the faceplate) to ensure that the 
supervisor engine and all switching modules are fully seated in the backplane connectors.
Step 2Check the captive installation screws of each module,...

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On-demand online diagnostics—On-demand online diagnostics can be used to run any test from the 
CLI. You can also run on-demand online diagnostics to perform a sanity check on the system 
hardware. Some of these tests are disruptive and will impact traffic flow.You must follow the 
on-demand diagnostic guidelines exactly to avoid false failures. 
Scheduled...

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CH A P T E R
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Removal and Replacement Procedures
NoteIn this publication, the term Catalyst 6500 series refers only to the switch chassis listed in Chapter 1. 
The Catalyst 6000 series switches (Catalyst 6006 and Catalyst 6009 switches) are described in a 
separate publication, the Catalyst 6000 Series Switch Installation Guide.
This chapter describes how to perform the following removal and replacement procedures for the 
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  Removing and Installing the AC-Input Power Supplies
The switch can bring up only an identical replacement module online. To support OIR of an identical 
module, the module configuration is not removed from the running-config file when you remove a 
module.
If the replacement module is different from the removed module, you must configure it before the switch 
can bring it online.
Layer 2MAC...