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Chapter2 Unpacking and Installing the Chassis
Removing Components Before Installing the Chassis
Removing Cards from the Chassis
To reduce additional weight from the chassis, you can remove all Route Switch Processor (RSP), Route
Processor (RP), Switch Fabric Card (FC), shared port adapter (SPA), SPA interface processor (SIP), and
line cards (LCs).
This section describes how to remove the RSP cards, RP cards, FCs, and LCs. For information about
removing SPA and SIP cards, see:
Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services Router SIP and SPA Hardware Installation Guide
Caution Handle all cards by the metal card carrier edges only; avoid touching the board or any connector pins.
After removing a card, carefully place it in an antistatic bag or similar environment to protect it from
ESD and dust in the optic ports (fiber-optic line cards).
Caution Be careful to avoid damaging the electromagnetic interference (EMI) gasket that runs along the full
height of the card front panel edge. Damage to the EMI gasket can affect the ability of your system to
meet EMI requirements.
Caution To avoid damaging card mechanical components, never carry a card by the captive installation screws or
ejector levers. Doing so can damage these components and cause card insertion problems.

Removing RSP Cards and Line Cards from the Cisco ASR 9010 Router, Cisco ASR 9006 Router, and

Cisco ASR 9904 Router

This section describes how to remove RSP and line cards from the CiscoASR 9010 Router,
Cisco ASR 9006 Router, and CiscoASR 9904 Router. Ta ble 2- 1 and Table 2 -2 describe the router
components and slot numbering for each router.