CHAPTER 33
Upgrading FPCs
Preparing to Upgrade the FPCs in a PTX5000 Packet Transport Router
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Preparing to Upgrade the FPCs in a PTX5000 Packet Transport Router on page 455
PTX5000 FPC Upgrade Kit on page 456
Upgrading the FPCs in an Operational PTX5000 Packet Transport Router on page 458
Upgrading the FPCs in an Offline PTX5000 Packet Transport Router on page 468
The PTX5000 Packet Transport Router with FPCs that have four Packet Forwarding
Engines provides up to a total of 4800 million packets per second (Mpps) of forwarding.
When you upgrade a PTX5000 Packet Transport Router with FPCs that have eight Packet
Forwarding Engines, the forwarding capacity increases. See
PTX5000" on page
97.
To prepare to upgrade the FPCs in a PTX5000:
Prepare the installation site for the PTX5000. See
1.
the PTX5000 Packet Transport Router" on page 109
Determine the model numbers of the following components already installed:
2.
Switch Interface Boards
Flexible PIC Concentrator
Power distribution unit (PDU)
Power supply modules (PSMs)
Order the required hardware.
3.
Up to eight FPCs
Nine SIBs
Power distribution units
Power supply modules
Fan trays
"FPCs Supported on the
"Overview of Preparing the Site for
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