Installing Or Replacing A Port Adapter On A Vip2 - Cisco 10BASE-FL Installation And Configuration Manual

Installing or Replacing a Port Adapter on a VIP2

This section provides the standard procedures for installing or replacing a port adapter on the VIP2.
Depending on the circumstances, you might need to install a new port adapter on a VIP2
motherboard or replace a failed port adapter in the field. In either case, you need a number 1 Phillips
screwdriver, an antistatic mat onto which you can place the removed interface processor, and an
antistatic container into which you can place a failed port adapter for shipment back to the factory.
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to install other port adapters on the VIP2 motherboard, while the system is operating. To install or replace port
adapters, first remove the VIP2 from its interface processor slot.
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Each port adapter has one Phillips-head screw that secures it to its port adapter slot. We strongly
recommend that the following procedures be performed by a Cisco-certified service provider;
however, this is not a requirement.
While the VIP2 supports online insertion and removal, individual port adapters do not. To replace
port adapters, you must first remove the VIP2 from the chassis, then install or replace port adapters
as required. If a blank port adapter is installed on the VIP2 in which you want to install a new port
adapter, you must first remove the VIP2 from the chassis, then remove the blank port adapter.
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type of port adapter you removed, but this is not a requirement.
When only one port adapter is installed on a VIP2, a blank port adapter must fill the empty slot to
allow the VIP2 and router chassis to conform to electromagnetic interference (EMI) emissions
requirements, and so that air flows through the chassis properly. If you plan to install a new port
adapter, you must first remove the blank port adapter.
Use the following standard procedure to remove and replace any type of port adapter on a VIP2:
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Step 4
Step 5
To prevent system problems, do not remove port adapters from the VIP2 motherboard, or attempt
Each port adapter circuit board is mounted to a metal carrier and is sensitive to ESD damage.
To prevent interface reconfiguration requirements, you should replace a port adapter with the same
Attach an ESD-preventive wrist strap between you and an unfinished chassis surface.
If you want to install a new port adapter on a VIP2 with a single port adapter, you
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must first remove the blank port adapter from the port adapter slot in which you want to
install the new port adapter.
For a new port adapter installation or a port adapter replacement, disconnect any interface
cables from the ports on the front of the port adapter, although, this is not required. You
can remove VIP2s with cables attached; however, we do not recommend it.
Remove the VIP2 from the system. (Follow the steps in the section "Removing a VIP2"
in the configuration note Second-Generation Versatile Interface Processor (VIP2)
Installation and Configuration, which shipped with your VIP2.)
Place the removed VIP2 on an antistatic mat.
Locate the screw at the rear of the port adapter (or blank port adapter) to be replaced. (See
Figure 9.) This screw secures the port adapter (or blank port adapter) to its slot.
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