Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Installation Note page 11

Distributed forwarding card 4 for ws-x68xx, ws-x69xx, and select ws-x67xx modules

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If you are upgrading a WS-X6748-GE-TX Ethernet module with a DFC4 daughter card and your

Step 4

WS-X4748-GE-TX module is equipped with a stiffener bracket that goes across the top of the heat sinks

at the front of the module (see

with the CFC daughter card removal procedure. To remove the bracket, follow these substeps:

Loosen and remove the six phillips-head screws that secure the bracket to the module.

Carefully lift and remove the bracket from the module.

Do not reinstall the stiffener bracket. After upgrading the WS-X6748-GE-TX Ethernet module with a

Caution

DFC4 daughter card, the bracket can be discarded.

Figure 1

Stiffener

bracket

Catalyst 6500 Series Distributed Forwarding Card 4 for WS-X68xx, WS-X69xx, and Select WS-X67xx Modules Installation Note

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Figure

1), you must first remove the stiffener bracket before continuing

WS-X6748-GE-TX Ethernet Module Equipped with a Stiffener Bracket

WS-X5530

Removing a CFC or DFC3 Daughter Card

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