Cisco Systems Cisco 12406, Cisco 12006 manual Tools and Equipment, Removing an RP or Line Card

Chapter 6 Maintaining the Router

Removing and Installing an RP or a Line Card

Tools and Equipment

To remove and replace a line card, you need the following items:

•ESD-preventive strap

•3/16-inch flat-blade screwdriver

•Replacement line card or RP

Removing an RP or Line Card

Cisco 12000 Series line cards support OIR, so they can be removed and installed while the router remains powered up. RPs also support OIR, but are hot-swappable only when the system is equipped with two RPs.

To remove an RP or line card from the RP and line card cage, see Figure 6-28 and follow these steps:

Step 1 Attach an ESD-preventive strap to your wrist and connect the leash to the chassis or to another grounded, bare metal surface.

Step 2 Identify the line card to be replaced and write down the following information:

•The slot number and type of line card

•The network interface cable connection ports on the line card

Step 3 On cards with multiple ports, start with the left port on the card and disconnect the interface cable connectors from each of the ports.

Step 4 After all the interface cables are disconnected, loosen the two captive screws on the cable-management bracket and pull the bracket away from the card.

Step 5 Loosen the two ejector lever captive screws at each end of the line card faceplate.

Step 6 Simultaneously pivot the ejector levers away from each other to unseat the line card from the backplane connector. Rotate each ejector lever outward away from the faceplate. (See Figure 6-28.)

Caution Fully remove each line card from its slot. Do not allow a line card to rest partially inserted into a slot, because that will damage the EMI shielding on the RP or line card in the slot directly below.

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