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Installing an Interface Card
Each S5500-SI switch (except S5500-20TP-SI) provides two interface card slots on the rear panel. For
details about optional interface cards, refer to
Optional Interface Cards
on page
1-16
.
The installation and removal of various interface cards are similar. This section describes the
installation and removal of the Dual-Port 10 GE XFP interface card (LSPM1XP2P) for illustration.
Installing an Interface Card
Step1
Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap, ensure a good skin contact and make sure that the
ESD-preventive wrist strap is properly grounded.
Step2
Loosen the mounting screws of the filler panel on the interface card slot of the switch's rear panel with a
Phillips screwdriver and remove the filler panel.
Figure 3-31
Install an interface card (1)
Step3
Hold the fastening screws on the front panel of the XFP interface card, and gently push the interface
card in along the slot guide rail until the interface card is in close contact with the switch.
Step4
Tighten the captive screws with a Phillips screwdriver to fix the interface card.
Figure 3-32
Install an interface card (2)
