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Cisco 10000 Series Routers Line Card Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 17 Installing and Removing Line Cards
Installing Full-Size Line Cards
Installing Full-Size Line Cards
This section provides step-by-step instructions for installing a full-size line card.
Warning During this procedure, wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do not directly
touch the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself. Statement 94
Use the following procedure to install a full-size line card into any of the eight line card slots (slots 1
through 8) available in the Cisco 10000 chassis.
Note Before you begin this procedure., if you plan to replace a line card, see the “Removing Full-Size Line
Cards” section on page 17-46.
Replacement Installation Guidelines
If you replace a line card in the same slot, the system automatically downloads the necessary
configuration information from the Processor Route Engine (PRE); you do not need to configure the new
line card. After the software downloads the information, the system recognizes only those interfaces that
match the previous line card configuration (configured as up).
Caution To avoid erroneous line card failure messages, remove or insert only one line card at a time. Also, after
you insert or remove a line card, wait at least 15 seconds before you insert or remove another line card
so that the Cisco 10000 system can reinitialize and note the current configuration of all interfaces.
Caution To prevent electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage, handle line cards by the faceplate or the card carrier
edges only. Avoid touching the line card printed circuit board, components, or any connector pins.
Figure 17-9 and Figure 17-10 show the ESD connections on the routers.