Cisco Systems PA-T3 Installing a Port Adapter, 4 Aligning a Port Adapter in a Port Adapter Slot

Installing a Port Adapter

Figure 4-4 Aligning a Port Adapter in a Port Adapter Slot

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Carrier

Upper edge

Lower edge

Caution To prevent jamming the carrier between the upper and the lower edges of the port adapter slot and to ensure that the edge connector at the rear of the port adapter mates with the connector at the rear of the port adapter slot, make certain that the leading edges of the carrier are between the upper and the lower slot edges, as shown in the cutaway in Figure 4-4.

Caution To ensure a positive ground attachment between the port adapter carrier and the Catalyst RSM/VIP2 motherboard and port adapter slot, and to ensure that the connectors at the rear of the port adapter and slot mate properly, position the carrier between the upper and the lower slot edges, as shown in Figure 4-4.

Step 3 Carefully slide the new port adapter into the port adapter slot until the connector on the port adapter is completely seated in the connector on the motherboard. (See Figure 4-5.)

Catalyst RSM/VIP2 and the PA-T3 Port Adapter 4-5