In 5.6 they added the ability to remove the config while the card is in 
interactive mode. 

> Line Module Configuration Deletion in Interactive Boot Mode
> Operational enhancements are made so that line module configurations can be 
> deleted when a module is in interactive boot mode.

Regards,
Mike


On Mar 17, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Cameron Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:

> You also need to make sure you remove the module line from the config while 
> the LP slot is empty, it won't let you do it if you've already inserted the 
> new card.
> 
> Cameron
> 
> On 2014-03-18 11:49 am, Mike Tindle wrote:
>> Not that I’ve discovered. Unless it’s an identical card type swap,
>> it’s not possible. Even physically identical port layouts (Gen1
>> 4x10g vs Gen1.1 4x10g) won’t work. The new LP won’t come up until
>> you physically remove the card and “no” out the relevant module
>> line in the config. When you do that, it blasts out any interface
>> config that was associated with the card.
>> This may be changed in newer NetIron versions. I haven’t tried it
>> since 5.2.
>> Regards,
>> Mike
>> On Mar 17, 2014, at 5:26 PM, Josh Farrelly
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Hi all
>>> Just wanted to check if anyone knew whether the configuration
>>> that’s already applied to interfaces stays valid after a line card
>>> is swapped with another.
>>> In this example I am wanting to swap a “BR-MLX-10Gx24-DM 24-port
>>> 10GbE Module” with a “NI-MLX-10Gx8-M 8-port 10GbE (M) Module”
>>> but I want the relevant configuration for each port to stay exactly
>>> the same.
>>> I am assuming so, but thought best to check before proceeding. I can
>>> assume we’d only run in to issues where moving to a card with less
>>> interfaces (e.g. as the startup-config was applied, no matching
>>> interface for eth1/9 on an 8-port card would be found).
>>> Kind Regards,
>>> JOSH FARRELLY
>>> _Infrastructure Architect, ICTS._
>>> Manukau Institute of Technology
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