Cisco Cisco Unified MeetingPlace 5.3 Maintenance Manual

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This procedure describes how to replace a blade in the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series. A blade has two 
components: a card (located on the front of the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series) and a transition module 
(located in the back of the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series). You must replace both the blade card and 
the blade transition module at the same time. You cannot replace only one.

There are four types of blades:

Smart Blades

T1 Smart Blades

Multi Access Blade MA-16

Multi Access Blade MA-4

The replacement procedure is the same for all four blades. In this procedure, the term “blade” is used as 
a generic term but can refer to any type of blade.

This procedure contains the following topics:

Follow these general guidelines:

If you want information about installing the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series hardware for the first 
time or information about upgrading the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series software, see the 
Installation and Upgrade Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server Release 5.3 at the following 
URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/audio/53/53inst/index.htm

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If you want information about configuring the Cisco MeetingPlace 8100 series, see the 
Configuration Guide for Cisco MeetingPlace Audio Server Release 5.3 at the following URL:

http://www.cisco.com/univercd/cc/td/doc/product/conf/mtgplace/audio/53/53config/index.htm

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