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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
Chapter1 Product Overviews
Changes to this Document
Changes to this Document
Table 1 -1 summarizes the changes made to this document since Release 5.
How this Chapter Is Organized
This chapter provides an overview of terms and a description of each switch or gateway and its related
components.
Each switch description contains the following sections:
An introduction to the switch or gateway, including information on the cards that are supported in
the chassis
A description of the card compartment and slot assignments
A description of system hardware components
Table1-1 Changes to This Guide Since Release 5
Section Status Description
APS connector sections in
Chapters 1, 5, and 6.
Modified Updated APS connector illustrations for the MGX 8950,
MGX 8850, MGX 8830, and MGX 8880 to show the corre ct
connector and APS assemblies.
Service module sections in
Chapters 1 and 2.
Modified Added AXSM-8-622-XG to the MGX 8950, MGX 8850,
MGX 8830, and MGX 8880 compatibility tables.
Table1-3, “Valid Card
Installation Options,” on
page7
Modified Updated compatibility information for front cards, back ards, and
valid slots.
MGX 8830/B (PXM45/C) Card
Overview, page 2-6
New Created separate section for the cards supported on the MGX
8830/B with the PXM45/C controller.
MGX 8880 Card Overview,
page 2-8
Modified Removed unsupported cards: AXSM-2-622-E, AXSM-8-155-E ,
and AXSM-16-T3E3-E.
MGX-RJ45-5-ETH, page
2-111
New Added MGX-RJ45-5ETH back card for the RPM-P R.
Installing or Removing
Redundancy Connectors, page
6-22
New New procedures for installation or removal of MGX 8850/B and
MGX 8830/B RCONs
Installing and Removing the
AXSM-XG Extender
Connector, page 6-27
New New procedures for installation or removal of MGX 8950
extender connector for AXSM-XG cards.
Illustrated Cable Guide, page
B-22
Modified Added cable information for MPSM cards.
All New/Modified Updated numerous sections within guide to support release 5.1
and 5.2 features including the VXSM-T3 card set introdu ced in
release 5.2. See the Release Notes for more information.