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842 Chapter 17 Hardware procedures
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Seating cards from the transportation position
Seat CP and FP cards from the transportation position of an initial installation
to enable them to be powered up and loaded with software. Blank processor
cards are also seated, but they are filler cards that do not operate.
Prerequisites
• You must be familiar with “Safety considerations and best practices”
(page 53).
• For the initial installations of the processor and blank processor cards, for
example, in a Passport 20000 switch, the cards are transported partially
installed in their appropriate shelf slots and latched to a transportation
ridge at the top of the shelf assembly and latched to individual slot
pockets at the bottom of the shelf assembly. The FP cards are held firmly
in position, but unseated. This protects the backplane connectors and pins
from damage by vibrations during transportation.
• Fully seat each processor and blank processor card as follows, starting at
the card on the right and proceeding to the right for each cage.
Procedure steps
1 On the faceplate of each card, open each latch fully by pinching the inner
edge of the latch and lifting away from the faceplate.
2 While holding each latch open horizontally, gently slide the card inwards
until it stops and the faceplate is flush with the shelf edges above and
below it. There are keyways and guide pins to ensure that each card
aligns with the connections at the backplane (inside, at the rear of the
cage).
3 Bypass any blank cards that are already fully seated. Otherwise, seat
them like any other card. A blank card has BLANK labeled on the
faceplate. Slots 0E and 1E are reserved for later development and must
contain blank cards in the meantime.
4 Latch each card closed so that the latch is flush with the faceplate. If not,
unlatch and re-seat the card. If a card still does seat properly, latch the FP
in the unseated position and report the slot number, node identifier, and
node location to your local Nortel Networks technical support
representative.
5 For any empty slot, do the procedure“Installing a blank processor card”
(page 393).