Installing a Port Adapter
PA-FE-TX and PA-FE-FX Fast Ethernet 100BaseT Port Adapter Installation and Configuration
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Installing a Port Adapter
Use the following standard procedure to install a port adapter on a VIP2:
Step 1
Attach an ESD-preventive wrist strap between you and an unfinished chassis surface.
Warning
During this procedure, wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do
not directly touch the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself.
Step 2
Remove the new port adapter from its antistatic container and position it at the opening
of the slot. (See Figure 3-6.)
Step 3
Carefully align the port adapter carrier between the upper and lower edges of the port
adapter slot, as shown in Figure 3-7.
Figure 3-7
Installing a New Port Adapter
Caution
To prevent jamming the carrier between the upper and lower edges of the port adapter slot,
and to ensure that the edge connector at the rear of the port adapter seats in the connector at the rear
of the port adapter slot, make certain that the leading edges of the carrier are between the upper and
lower slot edges, as shown in the cutaway in Figure 3-7.
Caution
To ensure a positive ground attachment between the port adapter carrier and the VIP2
motherboard and port adapter slot, and to ensure that the connectors at the rear of the port adapter
and slot seat properly, the carrier must be between the upper and lower slot edges.
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Upper edge
Lower edge
Carrier
