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Cisco MGX 8800/8900 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Releases 2 - 5.2, Part Number OL-4545-01, Rev. H0, May 2006
Chapter6 Maintaining the Cisco MGX Switch or Gateway
Removing and Installing Back Card Transceivers
Removing and Installing Back Card Transceivers
The following sections describe how to remove and install a back card transceiver.
Tip It is recommended that you label each cable and wire at both ends to identify its source and destination.
Caution Proper ESD protection is required whenever you handle Cisco equipme nt. Wear a grounding strap to
eliminate the risk of ESD damage to the equipment. Modules are subject to ESD damage whenever they
are removed from the chassis.

Remove the Back Card Transceivers

Complete the following steps to remove transceivers from the back cards:
Step1 Connect a grounding strap to the ESD grounding jack.
Step2 Mark and disconnect all cables and wires from the back card .
Step3 Push the pink extraction ring around the transceiver toward the back card, as shown in Figure 6-5 (callout
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Figure6-5 Transceiver Removal from the Back Card
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