Vanguard Managed Solutions 6500 PLUS Installing and Connecting a Trim Card, Attaching a Trim Card

Installing Nodes in Modulus Enclosures

Installing and Connecting a TRIM Card

Introduction This section describes how to install a TRIM card in a 6500PLUS node.

Caution

Steps for Installing a TRIM Card

Attaching a TRIM Card

6500PLUS cards and their components are sensitive to static discharge, which can damage components. Use proper handling and grounding precautions, including the use of an anti-static grounding strap, whenever you handle a card.

To install a TRIM card, perform the following steps:

1)Attach the TRIM card if it is not already attached when it arrives from the factory.

2)Install the processor card into the modulus nest.

3)Connect the LAN cables.

Note

In multiple-CPU configurations, only the processor card supporting the TRIM card needs to be LAN-compatible.

Depending on the product code you have ordered, your TRIM card may arrive already attached to the processor card. If this is the case, skip to the next section, “Installing and Connecting a TRIM Card.” Otherwise, follow these steps:

Step	Action
1	Follow the Modulus space considerations described in previous sections.
2	Attach the TRIM rear filler panel to the enclosure.
	• If you are installing the TRIM card in a Modulus 8/18 enclosure,
	use a Phillips-head screwdriver to attach the TRIM rear filler
	panel to the backplane with the four screws provided
	(Figure 2-8).
	• If you are installing the TRIM card in a Modulus 9/21 enclosure,
	use a flat-head screwdriver to attach the captive screws on the top
	and bottom of the rear filler panel to the backplane (Figure 2-10).
	Attach a standard Modulus rear filler panels as needed.
3	Attach the header pins to the TRIM card. Insert the header pins in the
	socket so that the four pins without ferrite beads face the top of the
	processor card (Figure 2-13).
	The pins should seat firmly into the socket; do not bend them.
4	Turn the 6500PLUS processor card so that its solder side faces upward.
	Insert the header pins into the socket on the processor card, being careful
	not to bend the pins (Figure 2-13).
	Be sure to support both the TRIM and processor cards while pressing
	them together to avoid bending and thereby possibly damaging the
	processor card.
5	On the component side of the processor card, screw the four fastener
	screws into the standoffs on the TRIM card (Figure 2-13).

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