Cisco ASR 9000 Series Quick Reference Manual - Page 3

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Cisco ASR 9000 Series

Line Card

This procedure explains installing the line

card in the horizontal position.

To install the line card in the vertical

position, follow the same steps but

hold the card vertically.

Caution!

For convenience and safety purposes,

two persons should handle the line card.

Never carry the line card by holding it by

the ejector levers or put pressure on the

captive screws.

To avoid damage, place the line card

horizontally on a flat antistatic surface.

The outer packaging box contains an

antistatic pink roller foam that can be used

for this purpose.

Retain the dust caps on the line card

throughout the installation procedure.

Also, use dust caps on unused ports in the

line card.

Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your

wrist and to the ESD socket of the

chassis, or to a bare metal surface on

the chassis or frame.

Ensure to verify the effectiveness of

ESD wrist strap before handling the

hardware.

ESD socket

Antistatic

wrist band

Pivot the ejector levers to seat the

card into the backplane connector.

Ejector lever (closed)

Installing the Line Card

Open the ejector levers on either

side of the line card.

Ejector lever (open)

Tighten the captive screws on either

side of the line card to a torque of

+ -

10 1 in-lb.

Captive screws

Carry the line card and slide the card

into the slot to connect with the

backplane connector. Start with the

lowest numbered line card slot.

Captive screws

Ejector lever

Repeat Step 2 through Step 5 to

install another line card.

To uninstall a line card, perform the steps in

the reverse order.

For manual OIR (online insertion and removal)

of cards, disengage the line card from the

backplane connector, and partially pull out

the line card. Reseat the card to

establish the connection again.