Cisco Systems OL-7861-01 Verifying and Troubleshooting the Installation, Initial Boot Process

Verifying and Troubleshooting the Installation

Step 3 Use a screwdriver to loosen the captive installation screws at the ends of the line card cable-management bracket.

Step 4 Detach the line card cable-management bracket and optical fiber cable bundle from the line card and place it carefully out of the way.

Installing RJ-45 Cables

Insert the RJ-45 connector into an open port until the connector clicks and locks into place. Attach one cable between each line card interface and the device to which the line card is connected. Figure 44 shows the relationship between the RJ-45 interface on the line card and the cable connector.

Figure 44 Attaching RJ-45 Copper Cables

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Verifying and Troubleshooting the Installation

After installing the hardware, you need to look at the LEDs to verify that the Ethernet line card was installed correctly. If it was not, you need to troubleshoot to find the problem. The following sections provide information about how to verify and troubleshoot line card installations:

•Initial Boot Process, page 57

•Status LEDs, page 58

•Alphanumeric LEDs, page 59

•Troubleshooting the Installation, page 63

Initial Boot Process

Note Many new line cards are designated as administratively down by default. Status LEDs are off until you configure the interfaces and use the no shutdown command.

Cisco XR 12000 Series Router Ethernet Line Card Installation

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