Installing The Application Card - Cisco ASR 5000 Series Installation Manual

▀ Installing the Application Card

Installing the Application Card
This section describes how to install an application card.
Step 1
Slide the interlock switch on the card fully downward. Flip the ejector levers outward and away from the card's
faceplate.
Step 2
Holding the card by its ejector levers, align the card with the upper and lower card guides of the appropriate chassis slot
and gently slide the card into the slot until the levers touch the chassis frame.
Caution:
become loose or damaged if they come into contact with an adjacent card while the packet processing card is being
inserted in the chassis slot.
Step 3
Push the ejector levers inward firmly and straight until the card is firmly seated in the chassis midplane and the ejector
levers can be pushed in no further. Press firmly on the card's faceplate to ensure that it is fully seated. The card's front
panel should be flush against the chassis' upper and lower card mounts for the slot.
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Take extra caution when installing packet processing cards. These cards contain heat sinks that could
Replacing Application Cards