The substitution of a replacement unit (RU) in a system for a defective one, where in order to perform the substitution, the system must be stopped (causing it to cease performing its function), but power need not be removed.

Warm swaps are manual operations performed by humans. See automatic swap, cold swap, hot swap.

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