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Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Flash PC Card Installation Note
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Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage
Figure 1 Supervisor Engine Flash PC Card Slot
For information about using the PCMCIA Flash PC cards, see the “Using Flash PC Cards” section on
page 6.
Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage
Follow these guidelines to prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage:
•Always use an ESD wrist or ankle strap, and ensure that it makes good skin contact.
•Connect the equipment end of the strap to the ESD connector on the switch.
•Place a removed Flash PC card on an antistatic surface or in a static shielding bag. If the card will
be returned to the factory, immediately place it in a static shielding bag.
•Avoid contact between the card and clothing. The wrist strap only protects the card from ESD
voltages on the body; ESD voltages on clothing can still cause damage.
Caution For safety, periodically check the resistance value of the antistatic strap. The measurement should be
between 1 and 10 megohms.
Installing and Removing a Flash PC Card
Before you install a Flash PC card, verify that the card’s write-protect switch is off. When the card is
oriented with the printing side up and the edge connector end away from you, the write-protect switch
is located on the front edge of the card, as shown in Figure 2.
Note Not all Flash PC cards have the write-protect switch.
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SUPERVISOR I
WS-X6K-SUP1
STATUS
SYSTEM
ACTIVE
PWR MGMT
RESET
CONSOLE
Switch Load
100%
1%
CONSOLE
PORT
MODE
PCMCIA EJECT
PORT 1
LINK
PORT 2
LINK
PCMCIA LED LINK LEDs
Switch load
display
Status LEDs
RESET button
CONSOLE port
CONSOLE PORT MODE
switch PCMCIA slot 1000BASE-X GBIC Uplink Ports