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title: "SFP/SFP+ Transceiver Installation and Removal Guidelines"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/IIGFIAIA/14385179/SFP%2FSFP%2B%20Transceiver%20Installation%20and%20Removal%20Guidelines"
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After receiving a shipped Infoblox appliance appliance with SFP or SFP+ support, Infoblox recommends installing the transceivers into your appliance before turning power on to the system for the first time. (This procedure is required for the Infoblox-4030-10GE appliance.) Pay heed to the interface configuration required for your application (for related information, see *<span style="color: #0000ff">[10-Gigabit Ethernet](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IIGFIAIA/pages/14385186/Hardware+Components#HardwareComponents-bookmark14)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IIGFIAIA/pages/14385186/Hardware+Components#HardwareComponents-bookmark14)*<span style="color: #0000ff">[Connectivity](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IIGFIAIA/pages/14385186/Hardware+Components#HardwareComponents-bookmark14)</span>*[ ](https://infoblox-docs.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IIGFIAIA/pages/14385186/Hardware+Components#HardwareComponents-bookmark14)).  
 Should circumstances require you to ship an appliance to Infoblox for repair or replacement, *remove* *all* *SFP* *or* *SFP+* *transceivers* *from* *your* *appliance* *before* *shipping* *it* *back* *to* *Infoblox*. Keep your transceivers in your facility until the appliance is replaced or repaired and subsequently returned to you.