Specifications

Installing a Port Adapter

PA-H HSSI Port Adapter Installation and Configuration6-4

Installing a Port Adapter

Use the following procedure to install a new port adapter in a Cisco uBR7200 series universal

broadband router:

Step 1 Attach an ESD-preventive wrist strap between you and an unﬁnished chassis surface.

Step 2 Use both hands to grasp the port adapter by its metal carrier edges and position the port

adapter so that its components face downward. (See Figure 6-4.)

Step 3 Align the left and right edge of the port adapter metal carrier between the guides in the

port adapter slot. (See Figure 6-5.)

Figure 6-5 Aligning the Port Adapter Metal Carrier Between the Slot Guides

Step 4

With the metal carrier aligned in the slot guides, gently slide the port adapter halfway into

the slot.

Caution Do not slide the port adapter all the way into the slot until you have connected all required

cables. Trying to do so will disrupt normal operation of the router.

Step 5 With the port adapter halfway in the slot, connect all required cables to the port adapter.

Step 6 After connecting the cables, carefully slide the port adapter all the way into the slot until

you feel the port adapter’s connectors seat in the midplane.

Step 7 For the Cisco uBR7246, after the two connectors mate, slide the port adapter retention

clip up to the locked position. Figure 6-6 shows the retention clip in the locked position.

Note If the retention clip does not slide up to the locked position, the port adapter is not

completely seated in the midplane. Slide the retention clip completely down to the

unlocked position. Carefully pull the port adapter halfway out of the slot, reinsert it, and

slide the retention clip up to the locked position.

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Inside

slot guide

Metal carrier

PC board