Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage, which can occur when electronic cards or components are improperly handled, results in complete or intermittent failures. We recommend use of an ESD-preventive wrist strap whenever you handle network equipment or one of its components.

• Always use an ESD-preventive wrist or ankle strap, and ensure that it makes good skin contact. Connect the equipment end of the connection cord to an ESD jack ( Figure 2-4 ) or a bare metal surface on the chassis (ensure that the chassis is grounded).

• Handle a card by its ejector levers, when applicable, or its metal carrier only; avoid touching the board or connector pins (see the Guidelines for Installing and Removing a Card section).

• Place a removed card board-side-up on an antistatic surface or in a static-shielding bag. If you plan to return the component to the factory, immediately place it in a static-shielding bag.

• Avoid contact between a card and clothing. The wrist strap protects the board from only ESD voltage on the body; ESD voltage on clothing can still cause damage.

• Be careful not to lay any tools on the aluminum honeycomb panel, or insert your fingers into the panel.

• Every card has a label with an arrow on its faceplate showing which side is up for installation.

• The card connector of every FC, LC, and RP card is keyed to ensure that the card is installed correctly in the slot.

  Note	RP card faceplates and the RP card slots on the LCC are labeled with the square symbol. FC faceplates and the FC slots on the LCC are labeled with the circle symbol.

• Online insertion and removal (OIR) is supported enabling you to install a card while the LCC is operating. OIR removes power to a specific slot before the card is replaced. The power remains on for all other card slots.

  OIR is seamless to users on the network, maintains all routing information, and ensures session preservation. We recommend that you perform a graceful shutdown to shut down an FC, LC, or RP card prior to removing it from the LCC. See the Steps for OIR Card Removal section.

  Note	Graceful shutdown is critical to prevent file system corruption on the SSD in the RP or LC.

• Prior to installing a fabric card, you must push the OIR button on both the upper and lower ejectors to release the mechanical latches.

• The ejector levers and captive screws on the cards secure the cards to the LCC and ensure proper electrical connection. The ejector levers and captive screws are located at the upper and bottom ends of the faceplate.

• The chassis is shipped with all card slots containing either impedance carriers or a plastic cover to help maintain chassis stiffness and prevent any damage to the chassis during shipment.

Note	The NC6-LC-BLANK impedance carrier is no longer supported. Replace the NC6-LC-BLANK with the NC6-LC-BLANK2 impedance carrier (front of the LCC) when installing new FCs or performing OIR on existing FCs (rear of the LCC).

• All unused card slots must be covered to ensure proper air circulation and cooling within the chassis. Install NC6-LC-BLANK2 impedance carriers in all slots that are not being used. This ensures proper air flow and maintains system EMC and safety compliance. See the Installing an Impedance Carrier section.

• Install LCs and NC6-LC-BLANK2 impedance carriers (front of the LCC) before installing the FCs and RP cards (rear of the LCC).

• Fully insert all FCs and RP cards into the chassis before tightening their captive screws.

• For information about the slot numbers, see the section.

Caution

The chassis may indicate a hardware failure if you do not follow proper procedures. Remove or install only one card at a time. Allow at least 15 seconds for the chassis to complete its tasks before removing or installing another card.

The Cisco NCS 6008 LCC has cable management features for both the front and rear sides of the chassis. These features organize the interface cables entering and exiting the different cards, keeping them out of the way and free of sharp bends that may damage the cables.

• The front and rear sides have horizontal cable management brackets above and below the card cages (see Front View of the Cisco NCS 6008 LCC and Rear View of the Cisco NCS 6008 LCC).

• The front and rear sides have vertical cable troughs on the left and right of the chassis.

• A vertical cable management bracket is preattached to the faceplate of a LC, FC, and RP card (see figure below).

This section describes how to install an impedance carrier in the Cisco NCS 6008 LCC.

This section describes how to remove an impedance carrier from the Cisco NCS 6008 LCC.

Every Cisco NCS 6008 LCC contains two route processor (RP) cards in dedicated slots on the rear side of the chassis. The RP cards are identical. One RP card installs into slot RP0 on the left of the card cage, while the second RP card installs into slot RP1 on the right of the card cage.

This section describes how to verify that the RP card has been properly installed and to troubleshoot the installation in the Cisco NCS 6008 LCC.

This shows the front panel of the RP card.

• Review the Guidelines for Installing and Removing a Card section.

• Before performing this task, open the cosmetic doors, if installed.

Caution

Install one fabric card at a time. Allow at least 15 seconds for the chassis to complete its tasks before installing another fabric card. The chassis may indicate a hardware failure if you do not follow proper procedures.

• ESD-preventive wrist strap

• Number-2 Phillips screwdriver or number-2 flat-head screwdriver

• Fabric card (NC6-FC, NC6-FC2-U, or NC6-FC-MC)

The 10-port 100Gbps CPAK LC (Lean Core [NC6-10X100G-L-K] and Multi-Service Core [NC6-10X100G-M-K]) has:

• 10 ports that each accept a CPAK optics module

• Attention LED

• Status LED

• Port LEDs, one on each port

This figure shows the front panel of the 10-port 100Gbps CPAK LC.

This table describes the LEDs for the 10-port 100Gbps CPAK LC.

Note	Use the [no] hw-module attention-led location node-id command in System Admin Config mode to enable or disable the Attention LED. The Attention LED is useful for identifying and verifying which card needs attention.

The 10-port 100Gbps CXP LC (Lean Core [NC6-10X100G-L-P] and Multi-Service Core [NC6-10X100G-M-P]) has:

• 10 ports that each accept a CXP optics module

• Attention LED

• Status LED

• Port LEDs, one on each port

This figure shows the front panel of the 10-port 100Gbps CXP LC.

This table describes the LEDs for the 10-port 100Gbps CXP LC.

Note	Use the [no] hw-module attention-led location node-id command in System Admin Config mode to enable or disable the Attention LED. The Attention LED is useful for identifying and verifying which card needs attention.

Note	The 20-port 100Gbps Line Card requires Universal Fabric Card (NC6-FC2-U) and Fan Tray 2 (NC6-FANTRAY-2). See the Guidelines for Installing the 20-Port 100Gbps Line Card appendix before you install the 20-port 100Gbps Line Card.

Note	The 20-port 100Gbps Line Card is supported in a single-chassis, 2T multi-chassis, or 2T back-to-back configurations.

The 20-port 100Gbps LC (Lean Core [NC6-20X100GE-L-C] and Multi-Service Core [NC6-20X100GE-M-C]) has:

• 12 ports that each accept a QSPF28 optics module

• 8 ports that each accept a CPAK optics module

• OIR button

• Attention LED

• Status LED

• Port LEDs, one on each port

This figure shows the front panel of the 20-port 100Gbps LC.

This table describes the LEDs for the 20-port 100Gbps LC.

Note	Use the [no] hw-module attention-led location node-id command in System Admin Config mode to enable or disable the Attention LED. The Attention LED is useful for identifying and verifying which card needs attention.

The 60-port 10Gbps SFP+ LC (Lean Core [NC6-60X10GE-L-S] and Multi-Service Core [NC6-60X10GE-M-S]) has:

• 60 ports that each accept a small form-factor plus (SFP+) optics module

• Attention LED

• Status LED

• Port LEDs, one on each port

This figure shows the front panel of the 60-port 10Gbps SFP+ LC.

This table describes the LEDs for the 60-port 10Gbps SFP+ LC.

Note	Use the [no] hw-module attention-led location node-id command in System Admin Config mode to enable or disable the Attention LED. The Attention LED is useful for identifying and verifying which card needs attention.

Use the Status LED, located on the faceplate of the LC, to verify the correct installation of the LC:

• When the card is properly installed and no faults are detected, the card status LED turns green.

• When the card status LED is solid yellow, either software initialization is in progress during bootup or a fault exists on the board.

• When the card status LED is blinking yellow, the card is not fully seated.

• When the card status LED is off, verify that the card is installed correctly. There could be no power applied to the card, a power fault, or a hardware fault.

• Verify that there is power to the card by looking at the indicators on the power tray.

If the installed or replaced LC fails to operate or to power on after installation:

• Ensure that the card is seated firmly into the Cisco NCS 6008 chassis slot. One easy way to verify physical installation is to see whether the front faceplate of the card is even with the fronts of the other cards installed in the card cage.

• Ensure that the ejector levers are latched and that the captive screws are fastened properly. If you are uncertain, unlatch the levers, loosen the screws, and attempt to reseat the card.

• Examine the power system to see whether the chassis is receiving power.