Cards - Cisco ONS 15454 Series Procedure Manual

Chapter 22 DLPs A500 to A599
DLP-A554 Upgrade Low-Density Electrical Cards in a 1:1 Configuration to
High-Density Electrical Cards
Purpose
Tools/Equipment
Prerequisite Procedures
Required/As Needed
Onsite/Remote
Security Level
Protect cards must be upgraded before working cards because working cards cannot have more
Caution
capabilities than their protect card.
You cannot upgrade electrical cards from low-density to high-density if the low-density electrical cards
Note
are installed in Slots 4, 5, or 6 (or 12, 13, or 14 on the B side of the shelf). Only cards in Slots 1, 2, 16,
and 17 can be upgraded to high-density electrical cards.
During the upgrade some minor alarms and conditions appear and then clear on their own; however, there
Note
should be no Service-Affecting (SA, Major, or Critical) alarms if you are upgrading protected cards.
(Upgrading an unprotected card can be service affecting.) If any service-affecting alarms occur, Cisco
Determine which DS3XM-6 cards you want to upgrade to DS3XM-12, according to slot limitations.
Step 1
In node view, double-click the current protect card. The card view appears.
Step 2
Make sure the current protect card is not active:
Step 3
a.
b.
If the card status is Protect/Active, perform a switch so that the protect card becomes standby:
Step 4
a.
b.
c.
Physically remove the card:
Step 5
a.
b.
October 2005
DLP-A554 Upgrade Low-Density Electrical Cards in a 1:1 Configuration to High-Density Electrical Cards
This task upgrades low-density electrical cards (DS3XM-6 cards)) in a
1:1 protection scheme to high-density electrical cards (DS3XM-12

cards).

DS3XM-12 cards
High-density shelf assembly (15454-SA-HD)
High-density EIA (MiniBNC, UBIC-V, UBIC-H) installed
NTP-A17 Install the Electrical Cards, page 2-8
As needed
Onsite
Provisioning or higher
In card view, click the Maintenance > Protection tabs.
Select the protection group where the protect card resides.
Click on the card in the protection group list to highlight it.
Click Switch.
Click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
Open the card ejectors.
Slide the card out of the slot. This raises the
is complete.
alarm, which will clear when the upgrade
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