Verifying And Troubleshooting The Line Card Installation; Verifying And Troubleshooting Line Card Installation; Initial Boot Process - Cisco ASR 9000 Series Installation Manual

Verifying and Troubleshooting the
Line Card Installation
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Verifying and Troubleshooting Line Card Installation

After installing the hardware, you need to look at the LEDs to verify that the line card was installed
correctly. If it was not, you need to troubleshoot to find the problem. The following sections provide
information about how to verify and troubleshoot line card installations:
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Troubleshooting using Cisco IOS XR commands is briefly described in the
Troubleshooting Line Card Interfaces" section on page

Initial Boot Process

All new line cards are designated as administratively down by default. Port Status LEDs are off until you
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configure the interfaces and use the no shutdown command.
During a typical line card boot process, the following events occur:
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To verify that the line card is working properly:
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Verifying and Troubleshooting Line Card Installation, page 2-1
Configuring and Troubleshooting Line Card Interfaces, page 2-4
Regulatory, Compliance, and Safety Information, page 2-9
Initial Boot Process, page 2-1
Status LEDs, page 2-2
Troubleshooting the Installation, page 2-3
The line card receives power and begins executing initialization software.
The line card performs internal checks, and prepares to accept the Cisco IOS XR software from the
RSP.
The RSP loads the line card with its Cisco IOS XR software.
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