Hot Swapping a DC PSU

Follow these steps to safely hot swap a DC PSU.

You can hot swap a PSU without powering down the FortiGate 6000F as long as one PSU continues to be connected to power and operating normally.

1. Attach an ESD wrist strap to your wrist and to an ESD socket or to a bare metal surface on the chassis or frame.
2. Turn off the power being supplied to the DC PSU to be hot swapped.
3. Disconnect the power cable from the FortiGate 6000F DC PSU by pressing the release tab and unplugging the cable.
4. To remove the PSU, press the latch towards the handle until the PSU is detached then pull it out of the chassis.
5. Insert a replacement PSU into the chassis and slide it in until it locks into place.

6. Plug power cord into the FortiGate 6000F PSU connector.

   Slide the connector in until the release tab clicks, locking the cable in place.

7. Turn on power to the PSU.
8. Verify that the PSU status LED is solid green meaning that the PSU is powered up and operating normally.