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    101-00310-02 C-Series FlexMedia Card: 36 Port s 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet (PoE and non-PoE), 8 Port s 1G , 2 Port s 10G Feature Highlight s and Inst allation Instructions Feature Highlight s • There are two versions of t he FlexMedia card, differing on ly in Power over Ethernet (PoE) support: • Catalog # LC-CB-10G-1G-36V (c ard type E36VB ): [...]

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    2 101-00310-01 Inst alling the Line Card • The C-Series chassis requires at least one line card to operate. • Y ou can add, replace, or remove C-Se ries line card s without interrupting the system power or system operations (hot-swappable). Any line card can be inserted into any line card slot. Line card slots are labeled 0 to 7; these labels c[...]

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    Caution: Unlock the levers before inserting the line card into th e chassis. Fully engage the locking mechanism once the card has been inserted; no t doing so will cause damage to the card below when that card is inserted. Wa r n i n g: Elect rostatic discharge (ESD) damage can occur when components are mishandled. Always wear an ESD-preventive wri[...]

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    4 101-00310-01 4 Continue sliding the line card unti l you feel the connectors engage with the chassis backplane. 5 Rotate the levers towards the card to seat the backp lane connectors and line card in place. Push on the knurled section of the levers until the thumb tabs pop up and lock the unit in place. See Figure 4 and Figure 5. Figure 4 Close t[...]

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    101-00310-0 1 5 Removing Line Cards 1 Unplug the network interface cab les connected to the line card. 2 Extend the left and right card levers by first pressing gently down on the thumb tabs (see Figure 6 ) in the ejector levers and then pu lling the ejector levers simult aneously until they ar e in the open position. See Figure 7 . Figure 6 Depres[...]