Installing Front Cards - Cisco BPX-BXM-155-8DX Installation And Configuration Manual

Installing the Cards

Installing Front Cards

Before following the front card installation procedure, carefully note and perform each of the following
cautionary steps:
Caution Ground yourself before handling BPX switch cards by placing a wrist strap on your wrist
and clipping the strap lead to the cabinet, or use the wrist strap that is connected to the
cabinet.
Caution You must use Blank Front Card and Rear Face Plates to fill/cover empty card slots to
eliminate Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) and Electromagnetic Interference (EMI)
and to ensure correct air flow through the card cage.
Systems may be shipped with empty shelves, with filler cards or with plug-in cards installed. If filler
cards are installed in each slot, then you must replace some of them may with functional cards. The
front cards are held captive mechanically by the Air Intake Grille and can not be removed until the
lower Air Intake Grille is released.
Do not attempt to remove a front card from the BPX switch cabinet until the Air Intake
Caution
Grille is released and lowered or the Air Intake Grille and/or card extractors may be
damaged.
Caution Before any card is installed, always examine the chassis backplane and card cage guides
for any signs of loose or misplaced EMI gasketing. Examine the backplane connectors for
bent or damaged connection or pre-power pins.
To remove or to install a front card:
Step 1 Turn off all power to the BPX switch.
Note
Locate the small access hole in the top center of the front Air Intake Grille below the card slots (see
Step 2
Figure 13-3 for location).
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It is a good idea to turn off power when initially installing cards. When replacing
cards on an operating BPX switch, it is not necessary to turn off power because
the cards are hot pluggable.
Chapter 13 Installing the BPX Switch Cards
Release 9.3.0, Part Number 78-10674-01 Rev. D0, July 2001