Maintaining the Cisco12008 7-83
Upgrading Memory on a Line Card
Removing a Line Card from the Router
This section presents the procedures for removing a line card from the router. The router
supports online insertion and removal (OIR) of line cards; thus, you can remove and replace
any line card while the system remains powered up and operational.
Note When removing or installing a line card, be sure to use the ejector levers to properly
unseat and reseat the card in the backplane connector.
To remove a line card from the router, perform the following steps:
Step1 Put on an antistatic wrist strap and make sure that it makes adequate contact with
your skin. Insert the equipment end of the wrist strap (the banana jack) into the
ESD socket in the lower left corner of the upper card cage.
Step2 Disconnect all network interface cables from the ports on the line card faceplate.
Step3 Before you remove a line card from the router, you must first remove the vertical
cable-management bracket attached to the line card faceplate. To do so, perform
the following steps:
(a) Loosen the two captive installation screws at the top and bottom of the
vertical cable-management bracket (see Figure7-31).
(b) Detach the bracket from the line card and hook it in the cutout located on
the front of the horizontal cable-management tray (above the upper card
cage).
Note Do not remove the network interface cables from the vertical cable-
management bracket.
Step4 Loosen the captive installation screw at the top and bottom of the line card
faceplate (see Figure7-32a).
Step5 Pivot the two card ejector levers out, away from the line card faceplate to unseat
the card from the backplane (see Figure7-32b).