• Make sure that the card is seated firmly in the LCC slot. One easy way to verify physical installation is
to see whether the front faceplate of the switch fabric card is even with the fronts of the other cards
installed in the card cage.
• Check whether the ejector levers are latched and that the captive screws are fastened properly. If you are
uncertain, unlatch the levers, loosen the screws, and attempt to reseat the switch fabric card.
• Examine the alarm module to see if there are any active alarm conditions. See
System 16-Slot Line Card Chassis System Description
for information on the alarm module.
• Examine the power shelves to see whether the chassis, as a whole, is receiving power.
Use the Status LED, located on the switch fabric card faceplate, to verify the correct installation of the card:
• When the card is properly installed, the Status LED turns green. If this LED is off, verify that the card
is installed correctly.
• When the Status LED is blinking yellow, a problem exists on the board.
• When the Status LED is off, the board status is unknown. Verify that there is power to the board by
looking at the indicators on the power shelf.
• If a failure occurs during the board boot sequence, the two four-digit alphanumeric displays indicate the
current boot phase to assist you in debugging the board failure.
Installing or Removing a Line Card
This section contains the following procedures:
For CRS-MSC-X and CRS-FP-X next generation line cards, we recommend that you use a modular
configuration power system.
Note
Installing an MSC, FP, or LSP Line Card
This section describes how to install a modular services card (MSC), forwarding processor (FP) card, or label
switch processor (LSP) in the LCC.
The MSC, FP, and LSP are Layer 3 forwarding engines.
• The MSCs include: CRS-MSC, CRS-MSC-B, CRS-MSC-140G, and CRS-MSC-X/CRS-MSC-X-L
(200G).
• The FPs include: CRS-FP-140, CRS-FP-X/CRS-FP-X-L (200G).
• The LSP is: CRS-LSP.
The following figure shows the CRS-MSC-140G MSC. The other MSCs and the FP and LSP cards are similar.
MSC-140G, FP-140, and LSP line cards should only be paired with 20-port and 14-port 10-GE XFP PLIMs
and 1-port 100-GE CFP PLIMs. The MSC-40 line card should not be paired with 20-port and 14-port 10-GE
XFP PLIMs or 1-port 100-GE CFP PLIMs. The MSC-40 line card can be paired with all previous PLIMs.
See the release notes for details.
Caution
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Installing or Removing a Line Card