Cisco Systems OL-11497-03 manual Installing an RP or Line Card

Chapter 6 Maintaining the Router

Removing and Installing an RP or a Line Card

Step 8 Immediately place the line card in an antistatic bag to protect it against ESD and to prevent dust from getting to the fiber-optic connectors on fiber-optic line cards.

Note If a line card slot in the card cage is not populated with a line card, a blank line card must be installed to avoid overheating and to ensure electromagnetic compliance (EMC).

If you plan to return the defective line card to the factory, repackage it in the shipping container you received with the replacement line card.

Installing an RP or Line Card

To install a line card in the RP and line card cage, follow these steps:

Step 1 Attach an ESD-preventive strap to your wrist and connect the leash to the chassis or to another grounded, bare metal surface.

Step 2 Check the slot assignment and network interface cable information that you wrote down before you removed the other RP or line card.

Caution Handle the RP or line cards by the metal card carrier edges only; avoid touching the board itself or any connector pins.

Step 3 Remove the RP or line card from its shipping package and antistatic bag.

Step 4 Set both edges of the RP or line card carrier into the card slot carrier alignment grooves on either side of the card cage.

Caution Do not allow a line card to rest partially inserted into a slot, because that will damage the EMI shielding on the RP or line card in the slot directly below.

Step 5 Pivot the ejector levers away from each other; rotate each ejector lever outward away from the faceplate.

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