Installation Overview
PA-2H Dual-Port HSSI Port Adapter Installation and Configuration
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Replacing a Port Adapter
Following is the procedure for installing a new port adapter in a CiscouBR7200 series router:
Step 1 Attach an ESD-preventative wrist strap between you and an unfinished chassis surface.
Step 2 Use both hands to grasp the port adapter by its metal carrier edges and position the port
adapter so that its components are downward. (Refer to Figure 6-4.)
Step 3 Align the left and right edge of the port adapter metal carrier between the guides in the
port adapter slot. (Refer to Figure 6-5.)
Figure 6-5 Aligning the Port Adapter Metal Carrier Between the Slot Guides
Step 4 With the metal carrier aligned in the slot guides, gently slide the port adapter half way
into the slot.
Caution Do not slide the port adapter all the wayinto the slot until you have connected all required
cables. Trying to do so will disrupt normal operation of the router.
Step 5 With the port adapter half way in the slot, connect all required cables to the port adapter.
Step 6 After connecting the cables, carefully slide the port adapter all the way into the slot until
you feel the port adapter’s connectors seat in the midplane.
Step 7 For the Cisco uBR7246, after the two connectors mate, slide the port adapter retention
clip up to the locked position. Figure 6-6 shows the retention clip in the locked position.
Note If the retention clip does not slide up to the locked position, the port adapter is not
completely seated in the midplane. Slide the retention clip completely down to the
unlocked position. Carefully pull the port adapter half way out of the slot, reinsert it, and
slide the retention clip up to the locked position.
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Inside
slot guide
Metal carrier
PC board