Cisco Systems Cisco CRS-1 manual A P T E R

C H A P T E R 4

Installing and Removing SFCs, RPs, MSCs,

PLIMs, and Associated Components

This chapter provides instructions on how to install and remove the Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System 4-Slot Line Card Chassis switch fabric cards (SFCs), route processors (RPs), modular services

cards (MSCs), physical layer interface modules (PLIMs), and the associated components. This chapter presents the following topics:

•About Installing and Removing Cards and Associated Components

•How to Remove or Install an Impedance Carrier

•How to Remove or Install a Card Slide-Assistance Arm (Handle)

•How to Install or Remove a Pillow Block

•How to Install or Remove a Switch Fabric Card

•How to Install or Remove a Route Processor Card

•How to Install or Remove a Modular Services Card

•How to Install or Remove a Physical Layer Interface Module

•How to Install or Remove a PCMCIA Card

•How to Install or Remove a Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Module

About Installing and Removing Cards and Associated Components

This section contains some general information about installing and removing cards, PLIMs, and the associated components.

•Guidelines for Card Installation and Removal

•PCMCIA Cards

•Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Modules

•Cable Management Brackets

Cisco CRS-1 Carrier Routing System 4-Slot Line Card Chassis Installation Guide

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