Removing A Line Card From The Router - Cisco Gigabit Switch Router 12008 Installation And Configuration Manual

Removing a Line Card from the Router

This section presents the procedures for removing a line card from the router. The router
supports online insertion and removal (OIR) of line cards; thus, you can remove and replace
any line card while the system remains powered up and operational.
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unseat and reseat the card in the backplane connector.
To remove a line card from the router, perform the following steps:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
When removing or installing a line card, be sure to use the ejector levers to properly
Put on an antistatic wrist strap and make sure that it makes adequate contact with
your skin. Insert the equipment end of the wrist strap (the banana jack) into the
ESD socket in the lower left corner of the upper card cage.
Disconnect all network interface cables from the ports on the line card faceplate.
Before you remove a line card from the router, you must first remove the vertical
cable-management bracket attached to the line card faceplate. To do so, perform
the following steps:
Loosen the two captive installation screws at the top and bottom of the
(a)
vertical cable-management bracket (see Figure 7-31).
Detach the bracket from the line card and hook it in the cutout located on
(b)
the front of the horizontal cable-management tray (above the upper card
cage).
Do not remove the network interface cables from the vertical cable-
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management bracket.
Loosen the captive installation screw at the top and bottom of the line card
faceplate (see Figure 7-32a).
Pivot the two card ejector levers out, away from the line card faceplate to unseat
the card from the backplane (see Figure 7-32b).
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