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Cisco ONS 15454 Procedure Guide, R5.0
January 2005
Chapter 12 Upgrade Cards and Spans
NTP-A308 Upgrade In-Service Low-Density Electrical Cards to High-Density Electrical Cards
Step 9 Physically insert the new high-density electrical card into the protect slot. Be sure to remove the plastic
protective covers on rear of the card before installing the card.
a. Open the ejectors on the card.
b. Slide the card into the slot along the guide rails.
c. Close the ejectors.
Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the card to become standby. For more information
about LED behavior during the high-density card boot-up, see the “NTP-A17 Install the Electrical
Cards” procedure on page 2-8.
Step 10 Because the low-density working card is now active, switch traffic away from the low-density card:
a. In node view, double-click the slot where the low-density card is installed.
b. Click the Maintenance > Protection tabs.
c. Double-click the protection group that contains the working card.
d. Click the low-density card slot.
e. Click Switch and Yes in the Confirmation dialog box.
Step 11 Physically remove the low-density card you switched traffic away from in Step 10:
a. Open the card ejectors.
b. Slide the card out of the slot. This raises the IMPROPRMVL alarm, which will clear when the upgrade
is complete.
Step 12 Change the low-density card to the high-density card in CTC:
a. Right-click the slot where you removed the low-density card and choose Change Card from the
drop-down list.
b. Choose the new card type from the Change to drop-down list.
c. Click OK.
Step 13 Insert the new high-density electrical card into the slot where you removed the low-density card. Be sure
to remove the plastic protective covers on rear of the card before installing the card:
a. Open the ejectors on the card.
b. Slide the card into the slot along the guide rails.
c. Close the ejectors.
Wait for the IMPROPRMVL alarm to clear and the card to become standby. For more information
about LED behavior during high-density electrical card bootup, see the “NTP-A17 Install the
Electrical Cards” procedure on page 2-8.
Step 14 Clear the switch you performed in Step 10:
a. In node view, double-click the slot where you installed the high-density card in Step 13.
b. In the Maintenance > Protection tab, double-click the protection group that contains the reporting
card.
c. Click the selected group.
d. Click Clear and click Yes in the confirmation dialog box.
The protect card in should now become standby.
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