Filter
Top Products
4
Install Interface Processors, Fillers, VIPs, and RSPs
Install the Hardware
Card carrier guide (black)
Captive
installation
screw
53375
A
B
C
The Route Switch Processor (RSP) comes uninstalled
with your Cisco 7505 router,but is a required system
component. Install the RSP in the RSP slot, and
install any interface processors, fillers, or Versatile
Interface Processors (VIPs) in slots 0, 1, 2, and 3.
Step 1 Hold the interface processor, filler, VIP, or
RSP with one hand, and place your other
hand under the carrier to support the card
and guide it into the slot. Avoid touching
the card.
Step 2 Place the interface processor, filler, VIP, or
RSP in the slot and align the guide on the
carrier with the groove in the slot, as
shown in A.
Step 3 Carefully slide the interface processor,
filler, VIP, or RSP into the slot until the
faceplate makes contact with the ejector
levers.
Step 4 Use the thumb and forefinger of each hand
to push the ejector levers flat against the
interface processor, filler, VIP, or RSP, as
shown in B.
Step 5 Use a screwdriver to tighten the captive
installation screws, as shown in C.
Step 6 Repeat Step 1 through Step 5 to install the
RSP or any additional interface
processors, fillers, or VIPs.
Note Refer to the “Check the RSP Installation”
section on page 19 to check the RSP installation.
Refer to the “Check the Interface Processor or VIP
Installation” section on page 20 to check the
interface processor or VIP installation.