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Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System 8-Slot Line Card Chassis Installation Guide
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Chapter 4 Installing and Removing Line Cards, PLIMs, and Associated Components
How to Install or Remove an RP, PRP, or DRP PLIM
Step 10 Continue sliding the card into the card cage slot until the openings on the card ejector cams engage the
tabs on each side of the card cage slot.
Note An RP or DRP card has guide pins that make initial contact with the backplane connector as you
slide the card into its slot. After the guide pins make contact, continue pushing on the card carrier
until the card ejector levers begin pivoting forward, toward the handle in the card carrier.
Step 11 To seat the card in the backplane connector, grasp both card ejector levers and pivot them inward toward
the handle in the card carrier until they are flush against the front edge of the card carrier.
Step 12 Partially tighten the two captive screws on the front panel of the card (either by hand or with the
screwdriver) to make sure that they are both engaged.
Step 13 Use the screwdriver to turn the two captive screws on the front panel of the card clockwise to seat the
card firmly in the slot.
Step 14 Reattach any cables you removed in Step 3.
What to Do Next
After performing this task:
• Place the impedance carrier in an antistatic bag for storage and future use.
• Replace any front cover cosmetic plates and verify that the card has been installed properly (see the
“Verifying the Installation of an RP, PRP, or DRP Card” section on page 4-43).
• If you are performing the initial installation of the system, install the PLIMs (see the “Installing a
PLIM” section on page 4-47).
Removing an RP, PRP, or DRP Card
This section describes how to remove a route processor (RP), performance route processor (PRP), or
distributed route processor (DRP) card from the chassis. For more detailed information on the route
processor card, see Cisco CRS Series Carrier Routing System 8-Slot Line Card Chassis System
Description.
Every Cisco CRS 8-slot line card chassis contains two route processor cards in dedicated slots on the
front (PLIM) side of the chassis (see Figure 4-28).
Note For enhanced immunity to external electromagnetic disturbance levels of 10V per meter and 10V RMS,
you must use a shielded Ethernet (CAT5 or better STP) cable on the Management Ethernet connection
of the RP card (CRS-8-RP). The use of a shielded Ethernet cable on the Management Ethernet
connection of the PRP card (CRS-8-PRP-6G or CRS-8-PRP-12G) is optional. The grounded end of the
shielded Ethernet cable should be at the RP (or PRP) end.
Prerequisites
Because chassis operation may be impacted by the removal of an RP card, perform these tasks only if
one of the following conditions exists: