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Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Upgrade Guide
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About This Guide
This guide describes how to perform basic maintenance of your Cisco 3230 Rugged Integrated Services 
Router (ISR) or Cisco 3230 Rugged ISR. The basic maintenance described in this guide includes 
replacing old or faulty cards and adding Wireless Mobile Interface Cards (WMICs). Basic maintenance 
also includes replacing the small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module.
The following chapters provide information that you need for performing basic maintenance of your 
Cisco 3200 series ISR: 
  • Chapter 1, “Introduction,” describes the enclosures that house the Cisco 3200 series ISRs. 
  • Chapter 2, “Replacing Cards in the Cisco 3230 ISR Rugged Enclosure,” describes how to replace or 
add new cards to the card stack of the Cisco 3230 Rugged ISR.
  • Chapter 3, “Replacing Cards in the Cisco ISR 3270 Rugged Enclosure,” describes how to replace or 
add new cards to the card stack of the Cisco 3270 Rugged ISR.
  • Chapter 4, “Replacing the SFP Module,” describes how to install and remove SFP modules on the 
Cisco 3270 Rugged Router card.
Audience and Scope
The audience for this document is the system administrator (SA), the system integrator (SI), and the 
system engineer (SE). They are experts with networking industry training and experience. We assume 
that users are familiar with the terminology and concepts of the PC-104, Cisco IOS software, and Mobile 
IP networking. 
The SA, SI, or SE uses this document to understand how to connect the router to peripheral devices and 
how to perform minor troubleshooting on the cards in an existing router. Although users might not be 
specifically identified as SAs, SIs, or SEs, all users of this documentation are assumed to have 
comparable skills and knowledge.
Related Documentation
You can access these documents on the Documentation page Cisco.com at www.cisco.com. The 
following documentation is available at the 
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/routers/ps272/tsd_products_support_series_home.html:
  • Cisco 3200 Series Router Hardware Reference (OL-5816-10)—Describes the Cisco cards and the 
enclosure solutions that are used to assemble Cisco
 3200 series ISRs.