Specifications

Interface Processor Installation and Configuration Guide

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Interface Processor Installation Procedures

Step 4 Grasp the interface processor handle with one hand and place your other hand under the carrier to guide

the interface processor out of the slot. (See Figure 12.) Avoid touching the board or any connector pins.

Step 5 Carefully pull the interface processor straight out of the slot, keeping one hand under the carrier to

guide it. (See Figure 12.) Keep the interface processor parallel to the backplane.

Step 6 Place the removed interface processor on an antistatic mat or foam pad, or place it in an antistatic bag if

you will return it to the factory.

Step 7 If the interface processor slot is to remain empty, install an interface processor filler

(MAS-7000BLANK=) to keep dust out of the chassis and to maintain proper airflow through the

interface processor compartment.

This completes the procedure for removing an interface processor.

Installing an Interface Processor

Interface processors slide into any available interface processor slot and connect directly to the

backplane. The backplane slots are keyed so that interface processors can be installed only in interface

processor slots. Interface processor fillers, which are blank interface processor carriers, occupy empty

slots to maintain consistent air flow through the interface processor compartment.

If you install a new interface processor, you have to first remove the interface processor filler from the

available interface processor slot. Figure 13 shows functional details of inserting an interface processor

and using ejector levers. (Figure 12 shows proper handling of an interface processor during installation.)

Note There are no restrictions on slot locations or interface processor sequence, and you can install the

interface processor in any available interface processor slot; however, in the Cisco 7507 and

Cisco 7513, we recommend that you install interface processors starting with the slots closest to the

RSPs and work out concentrically from there. This will help prevent electromagnetic interference

(EMI).

Caution Remove or insert only one interface processor at a time. Allow at least 15 seconds for the system to

complete the preceding tasks before removing or inserting another interface processor. Disrupting the

sequence before the system completes its verification can cause the system to interpret this as a

hardware failure.

Use the following procedure to install an interface processor:

Step 1 Ensure that a console terminal is connected to the RP (or RSP) Console port and that the console is

turned on.

Step 2 Choose an available interface processor slot for the interface processor, and ensure that the interface

processor cable is of sufficient length to connect the interface processor with any external equipment.

We recommend that you install interface processors starting with the slots closest to the RSPs and work

out concentrically from there. This will help prevent EMI.