CHAPTER
4-1
Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System 8-Slot Line Card Chassis Installation Guide
OL-6256-17
4
Installing and Removing Line Cards, PLIMs, and
Associated Components
This chapter provides instructions on how to install and remove the Cisco CRS Carrier Routing System
8-Slot Line Card Chassis modular services cards (MSCs), physical layer interface modules (PLIMs), and
any associated components. This chapter presents the following topics:
• Information About Installing and Removing Cards and Associated Components, page 4-1
• How to Install or Remove a Slot Cover, page 4-13
• How to Install or Remove an Impedance Carrier, page 4-16
• How to Install or Remove a Pillow Block, page 4-19
• How to Install or Remove a Switch Fabric Card, page 4-22
• How to Install or Remove an MSC, FP, or LSP, page 4-29
• How to Install or Remove an RP, PRP, or DRP PLIM, page 4-38
• How to Install or Remove a PCMCIA Card, page 4-45
• How to Install or Remove a Physical Layer Interface Module, page 4-47
• How to Install or Remove a Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Module, page 4-55
Information About Installing and Removing Cards and
Associated Components
This section contains some general information about installing and removing cards, PLIMs, and
associated components.
• Guidelines and Warnings for Card Installation and Removal, page 4-2
• Information About Impedance Carriers and Slot Covers, page 4-6
• Information About Distributed Route Processors and Distributed Route Processor PLIMs, page 4-10
• Information About Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) Modules, page 4-12
• Information About Hard Drives and PCMCIA Cards, page 4-12
• Information About Cable Management Brackets, page 4-12
