4 Boards
Nortel Secure Router 8012
Hardware Description
4-8 Nortel Networks Inc. Issue 5.3 (6 April 2009)
Figure 4-3 Logical relationship among the boards of a Secure Router 8012
Physical interface module
Comm. management module
RPU
(Slave)
FIC
Console
PCI0 PCI1
Processor module
AUX 2GE
NPU
(Slave)
NPU module
FIC FIC FIC HIC HIC HIC HIC
RPU
(Master)
Console AUX 2GE
NPU
(Master)
PCI0 PCI1PCI1
Odd-
numbered
slots
Comm. management module
Even-
numbered
slots
Comm. management module
Comm. management module
Processor module
NPU module
Physical interface module
... ...
4.1.3 Board appearance
Wear an electrostatic discharge (ESD)-preventive wrist strap and keep it well grounded
whenever you touch the board to prevent the ESD from damaging the board.