Chapter 4
Installing and Removing SFCs, RPs, MSCs, FPs, LSPs, PLIMs, and Associated Components
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Recommended Order for Installing Cards
Although it is not critical for you to install the cards in a certain order, following the card installation
recommendations in this section will make your installation process easier. We recommend that you
install cards in the Cisco CRS 4-slot chassis in the following order:
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Caution
Removing more than one switch fabric card at a time can misalign the chassis and may damage the card
or chassis when reinserting the cards. Remove and reinsert only one card at a time.
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Operating Ejector Levers
Switch fabric cards (SFCs)
Route processors (RPs) or performance route processors (PRPs)
Modular services cards (MSCs), forwarding processors (FPs), and label switch processor (LSP)
cards
Physical layer interface modules (PLIMs)
Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System 4-Slot Line Card Chassis Installation Guide
About Installing and Removing Cards and Associated Components
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