Time and items required

The installation or replacement procedure for one transceiver takes less than five minutes. Ensure that the following items are available:

• Required number of compatible power cables
• Required number of supported transceivers

  Refer to the Fabric OS Release Notes for the list of supported transceivers and cables.

• Required number of compatible fiber-optic cables
• Optical transceiver extraction tool (for 10-Gbps transceiver only)
  Note: Most IBM switches, backbones, and directors come with a transceiver extraction tool and holster. The extraction tool is designed to remove transceivers from modules where the space is limited.
  Figure 1. Optical transceiver extraction tool