Cisco Systems Cisco CRS-1 manual Installing a Switch Fabric Card

Chapter 4 Installing and Removing SFCs, RPs, MSCs, PLIMs, and Associated Components

How to Install or Remove a Switch Fabric Card

Steps

To install a switch fabric card, see Figure 4-13and follow these steps:

Figure 4-13 Installing a Switch Fabric Card

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Captive screw

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Ejector lever and its direction of installation or removal

Step 1 Go to the rear of the chassis. Attach the ESD-preventive wrist strap to your wrist and connect its leash to one of the ESD connection sockets on the rear (SFC) side of the chassis or a bare metal surface on the chassis.

Step 2 Remove the switch fabric card from its antistatic packaging.

Step 3 Use a medium Phillips screwdriver to remove the switch fabric card from its protective carrier. Step 4 Visually inspect the connector pins on the card before you insert it into the chassis.

Note Do not attempt to install a card with bent pins, because this may damage the chassis midplane connectors.

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