Removing A Switch Fabric Card - Cisco Carrier Routing System CRS-1 Installation Manual

How to Install or Remove a Switch Fabric Card
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Removing a Switch Fabric Card

This section describes how to remove a switch fabric card from the Cisco CRS 4-slot line card chassis.
For more detailed information on the switch fabric card, see Cisco CRS Series Carrier Routing System
4-Slot Line Card Chassis System Description.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this task.
Required Tools and Equipment
You need the following tools to perform this task:
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Steps
To remove a switch fabric card, see
Step 1 Attach the ESD-preventive wrist strap to your wrist and connect its leash to one of the ESD connection
sockets on the rear (SFC) side of the chassis or a bare metal surface on the chassis.
Removing more than one switch fabric card at a time can misalign the chassis and may damage the card
Caution
or chassis when reinserting the cards. Remove and insert only one switch fabric card at a time.
Identify the switch fabric card to be removed from the card cage. Use the screwdriver to turn the two
Step 2
captive screws on the front panel of the card counterclockwise to loosen it from the slot.
To unseat the card from the midplane connector, grasp the two card ejector levers and simultaneously
Step 3
pivot both ejector levers outward from the front edge of the card slot. As you pivot the ejector levers
outward, the switch fabric card is partially pulled from the slot.
Step 4 Touching only the metal card carrier, slide the card from the slot and place it directly into an antistatic
sack or other ESD-preventive container. If you plan to return the defective card to the factory, repackage
it in its original shipping container.
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Place the impedance carrier in an antistatic bag for storage and future use.
If you are performing the initial installation of the system, install the RPs or PRPs (see the
"Installing an RP or PRP Card" section on page
ESD-preventive wrist strap
Number 1 Phillips screwdriver
Installing and Removing SFCs, RPs, MSCs, FPs, LSPs, PLIMs, and Associated Components
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Figure 4-14 and follow these steps:
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