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Catalyst 6500 Series Supervisor Engine Guide
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Chapter 3 Installing Supervisor Engines
Required Tools
Warning
During this procedure, wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do not directly
touch the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself.
Statement 93
Warning
Invisible laser radiation may be emitted from disconnected fibers or connectors. Do not stare into
beams or view directly with optical instruments.
Statement 1051
Warning
During this procedure, wear grounding wrist straps to avoid ESD damage to the card. Do not directly
touch the backplane with your hand or any metal tool, or you could shock yourself.
Statement 94
Required Tools
These tools are required to install a supervisor engine in the chassis:
• Small flat-blade screwdriver
• No. 2 Phillips screwdriver
• Antistatic mat to support an unpackaged supervisor engine
• Your own ESD-prevention equipment or the disposable grounding wrist strap included with the
module
Installing a Supervisor Engine
This section describes how to safely install a supervisor engine.
Caution To prevent ESD damage, handle the supervisor engine by the carrier edges only.
To install a supervisor engine in the chassis, follow these steps:
Step 1 Attach an ESD grounding strap to your wrist and to the ESD ground connector on the chassis or to a
properly grounded bare metal surface.
Note If you are unsure about the correct way to attach an ESD grounding strap, see the “Attaching
Your ESD Grounding Strap” section on page C-1 for instructions.
Step 2 Determine the correct slot for the supervisor engine. The supervisor engines must be installed in these
slots:
• Supervisor Engine 2
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Slots 1 and 2 for all chassis
• Supervisor Engine 32
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Slots 1 and 2 for 3- and 4-slot chassis