Hardware Installation Manual 6. Hardware Maintenance
Media Gateways & SBCs 63 Mediant 1000B Gateway & E-SBC
6.2 Installing and Replacing Modules
This section describes how to install and replace the different modules in the chassis.
6.2.1 Front-Panel I/O Modules
This section describes how to install and replace the input/output modules on the front
panel of the chassis. The I/O modules include FXS, FXO, BRI, TRUNKS (E1/T1), MPM,
CRMX, and SWX LAN Expansion modules.
6.2.1.1 Replacing Blank-Panel Slot Covers with I/O Modules
The procedure below describes how to install a module into a slot that is currently not used
(unoccupied) and covered by a blank panel.
Warning: Before replacing a blank-panel slot cover with a module, power down the
device.
Avertissement: Assurez-vous de bien éteindre l’appareil avant d’installer un module dans
To replace a blank-panel slot cover with a module:
1. Power down the device.
2. On the device's front panel, locate the two screws securing the blank-panel slot cover
to the slot in which you want to install the module.
Figure 6-4: Screws on Blank-Panel Slot Cover
3. Using a Phillips screwdriver, unscrew the two screws to remove the blank-panel slot
cover from the chassis.