User`s guide
8900-A2-GZ40-40 March 2005 11
Refer to Connector Pin Assignments in the ATM Line Cards, Models 8955, 8965,
8968, 8975, and 8985, User’s Guide for pinouts of the line card connectors.
Procedure
To connect each receptacle of a 48-port line card to an MDF or POTS splitter:
1. Replace the longer captive screw on your cable connector with the #4-40
Phillips pan-head screw shipped in a plastic bag with the BLC.
2. Install the locking pivot bracket onto the cable end of the connector using the
captive screw, as illustrated below.
3. Insert the bottom edge of the locking pivot bracket into the hook next to the
receptacle.
4. Align the two connectors and press the cable connector onto the receptacle.
5. Tighten the captive screw on the top of the cable's connector.
6. Dress the cables toward the nearest rail and fix them with cable ties.
Optionally, use front cable management brackets (feature number
8900-F1-001) to hold and direct the cables, as shown below. See the 8820
Locking Pivot
Bracket
Captive #4-40 Phillips-Head Screw
(Part of Locking Pivot Bracket)
Customer-Supplied
Cable with Connector
Replace with a shorter
Captive Screw provided
with the Pivot Bracket
99-16162a-02
Locking Pivot
Bracket
Locking Pivot
Bracket
Receptacle on Card
04-17513