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Installing the Cisco 6100 Thermal Upgrade Kit
Disconnect the Network Interface Modules
If you need to prepare the rack to accommodate the fan tray and install the thermal guard, you will need
to complete the following steps to disconnect the network interface modules:
Disconnect the DS3 network interface module from the network if you have a DS3 network interface
Step 1
module installed in slot 10 of the Cisco 6100.
a.
b.
Open the Cisco 6100 front door if you have an OC-3c network interface module installed in slot 10 of
Step 2
the Cisco 6100.
Disconnect the optical fiber going to the transmit and receive connectors in the inset on the front panel
Step 3
of the OC-3c network interface module.
Pull the fiber through to the front of the chassis.
Step 4
Close the front door of the chassis.
Step 5
Disconnect the Subtended Network Configuration
If have a subtended network configuration and you need to prepare the rack to accommodate the fan
tray and install the thermal guard, you will need to complete the following steps to disconnect the
system I/O card on the subtending host chassis backplane and the DS3 subtending I/O card on the back
of each subtended node chassis backplane:
Remove the coaxial cables from the two DS3 BNC connectors (J3 [TX] and J4 [RX]) for the
Step 1
system I/O card on a subtended node chassis backplane.
Use a Phillips-head screwdriver to remove the two backplane screws that hold the plastic ESD shield
Step 2
over the DS3 subtending I/O card. Keep these backplane screws and the plastic ESD shield.
Remove the coaxial cables from the four DS3 BNC connectors (TX1, RX1, TX2, and RX2) on the
Step 3
DS3 subtending I/O card.
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Disconnect the end of the cable that attaches to the receive (J4) DS3 BNC connector on the
system I/O card on the Cisco 6100 backplane.
Disconnect the end of the cable that attaches to the transmit (J3) DS3 BNC connector on the
system I/O card on the Cisco 6100 backplane.
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