Cisco Systems (VISM) Installing VISM and VISM-PR Front and Back Cards

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Cisco VISM Installation and Configuration Guide

Release 3.0, Part Number OL-2521-01 Rev. D0, June 2004

Chapter1 Overview of the VISM and VISM-PR Cards

Installing VISM Hardware and Software

VISM card installation in a Cisco MGX 8230 platform consists o f installing one front card and one back

card (if not using the bulk distribution feature) in either a left or right shelf slot. You can use slots 3 to

6, and 10 to 13 to install VISM cards (see Figure 1-9). If you use all the available slots, you can configure

the MGX 8230 with up to eight VISM cards.

Figure1-9 Available Chassis Slots for VISM Cards in the Cisco MGX 8230—Front View

Installing VISM and VISM-PR Front and Back Cards

This section describes the following hardware installation procedures:

1. Installing a VISM or VISM-PR Front Card

2. Installing a VISM Back Card

3. Connecting Cables to Cards

Complete the following instructions to install a VISM or VISM-PR front card:

Step 1 Position the rear card guides over the appropriate slot in the chassi s.

Step 2 Gently slide the card all the way into the slot and press the insertion/extractor lever until it snaps into

the vertical (MGX 8250 or MGX 8850) or horizontal (MGX 8230) position.

Caution The card should slide in and out with only slight friction on the E M I gasket s on the ad jac ent b oard.

Do not use force. Investigate any binding.

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Reserved for SRM cards

Reserved for PXM cards

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