Cisco 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual page 212

Installing and Configuring Processor Modules
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port will allow cooling air to escape freely through the cutouts in the faceplate, which could
misdirect the airflow inside the chassis and allow components on other boards to overheat.
Installing Port Adapters
The FSIP should already be out of the chassis and have an empty space available for the new port
adapter. If it is not, refer to the two previous sections to remove the FSIP from the chassis and remove
a port adapter from the FSIP. Refer to Figure 5-19 while performing the following steps.
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properly with the BTB connectors and the standoffs. Forcing a misaligned port adapter into place
can damage the port adapter or the FSIP and cause immediate or intermittent failures.
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When the port adapter BTB connector is completely disconnected from the BTB connector
on the FSIP, tilt the back of the port adapter up at about a 70-degree angle from vertical and
slowly pull it upward and outward (up and out using the orientation shown in Figure 5-18)
away from the faceplate. The serial port connector will pull out of the cutouts in the
faceplate.
Immediately place the removed port adapter into an antistatic bag.
Proceed to the next section to install a new port adapter.
Do not reinstall the FSIP in the chassis unless all port adapters are in place. The empty
Ensure that the FSIP is resting on an antistatic mat or on antistatic foam, and position it with
the same orientation as that shown in Figure 5-19. You should still be wearing an
ESD-prevention ground strap.
Carefully remove the new port adapter from its antistatic bag. Handle the port adapter by
the board edges only.
If jackscrews are installed on the sides of the connectors, remove them and the four lock
washers by turning them counterclockwise. If necessary, use a 3/16-inch nut driver to
loosen them. Put the screws and washers aside.
While still handling the board edges only, position the port adapter so that it is in the
orientation shown in Figure 5-19: at about a 70-degree angle from vertical, component side
down, standoffs on the underside, and the external interface port connectors facing the
inside of the carrier faceplate.
As shown in Figure 5-19, partially insert the port connectors through the back of the
cutouts in the carrier faceplate. Do not force the connectors through the cutouts until the
standoffs and BTB connectors are aligned.
With the port connectors partially inserted into the faceplate cutouts, slowly lower the back
(opposite) side of the port adapter and continue to ease the port connectors through the
cutouts until the BTB connectors on the FSIP and port adapter meet, and the standoffs on
the underside of the port adapter are aligned with the standoff holes in the FSIP. Shift the
port adapter until the port connectors are fully inserted through the cutouts, and the
standoffs are aligned with the standoff holes.
Before seating the port adapter onto the FSIP, ensure that the port adapter is aligned
Place your fingers along the back edge of the port adapter board and press down firmly until
the BTB connectors mate. If the connectors resist, do not force them. Shift the port adapter
around until the connectors mate properly.