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2. Installation
Making Signal Connections
1Insert input cards in slots with red card guides:
In the upper bay, the card’s red ejector lever is located at the bottom.
2Insert output cards in slots with white card guides:
In the upper bay, the card’s white ejector lever is located at the bottom.
In the lower bay, the card is inverted, and the card’s white ejector lever is located at the top.
3Insert control cards in slots with yellow card guides:
• In the upper bay, the card’s yellow ejector lever is located at the bottom.
• In the lower bay, the card is inverted, and the card’s yellow ejector lever is located at the
top.
4Insert crosspoint cards in slots with black card guides in the center of the router frame. Levers
are located at the top and bottom of each card. When facing the front of the router, crosspoint
card slots are numbered 1 through 10, from left to right.
Crosspoint cards must be installed in adjacent pairs. If you do not need a full complement of
crosspoint cards, you must still install crosspoint cards in adjacent pairs. (See Crosspoint Slots
and Signals Switched on page 13.) Install two crosspoint cards in each set of two adjacent slots,
as follows:
• Slots 1 and 2
• Slots 3 and 4
• Slots 7 and 8
• Slots 9 and 10
5 Insert the optional redundant crosspoint cardset in crosspoint card slots 5 and 6. The redundant
crosspoint cardset can take over active control from any crosspoint card installed. For more
information, see Setting Redundant Crosspoint Switching on page 98
.
6 Insert the monitor cards in the two slots with blue and gray card guides, located next to the out-
put cards. Both monitor cards are the same (EM0663). However, the output monitor is always
in the outside position; the input monitor is always in the inside position.
• In the upper bay, the card’s ejector lever is located at the bottom.
• In the lower bay, the card is inverted, and the card’s ejector lever is located at the top.
7 For each card, press the lever(s) inward, making sure each card is fully seated in its slot.
8 Reinstall and close the frame door after all cards have been installed. The door must be closed
for the router cooling system to work properly.
Making Signal Connections
For the NV8500 family of routers to manage incoming and outgoing signals properly, the inputs
and outputs at the rear of the router must be connected to cables that receive and distribute the sig-
nals. If you are connecting two expandable router frames, additional signal expansion connections
must also be connected. These connections allow each router to send signals to, and receive signals
from, the other router. (See Expansion Signal Connections
on page 64.)
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