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ASR 5000 Installation Guide
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CONTENTS
About this Guide ................................................................................................ xi
Conventions Used ...................................................................................................................................xii
Dimensions..............................................................................................................................................xii
Related Documentation..........................................................................................................................xiii
Contacting Customer Support................................................................................................................xiii
ASR 5000 Hardware Platform Overview......................................................... 15
The ASR 5000 Platform..........................................................................................................................16
Chassis Configurations...........................................................................................................................17
Chassis Description................................................................................................................................21
Slot Numbering...................................................................................................................................21
Rear Slot Numbering for Half-Height Line Cards ..........................................................................22
Rear Slot Numbering with Full-height Line Cards .........................................................................22
Mounting Options...............................................................................................................................22
Midplane Architecture.........................................................................................................................23
320 Gbps Switch Fabric.................................................................................................................24
32 Gbps Control Bus......................................................................................................................24
System Management Bus..............................................................................................................24
280 Gbps Redundancy Bus...........................................................................................................24
OC-48 TDM Bus ............................................................................................................................25
SPIO Cross-Connect Bus..............................................................................................................25
Power Filter Units ...................................................................................................................................26
Fan Tray Assemblies..............................................................................................................................27
Lower Fan Tray..................................................................................................................................27
Air Filter Assembly .............................................................................................................................27
Upper Fan Tray..................................................................................................................................28
Chassis Airflow...................................................................................................................................28
Application Cards ...................................................................................................................................29
System Management Card (SMC).....................................................................................................29
SMC RAID Support............................................................................................................................31
Packet Processing Cards: PSC2 and PSC3......................................................................................32
Packet Services Card (PSC)..........................................................................................................34
Packet Services Card Type A (PSCA)...........................................................................................34
Packet Services Card 2 (PSC2) ....................................................................................................34
Packet Services Card 3 (PSC3) ....................................................................................................34
Packet Processor Card (PPC) Description....................................................................................34
Line Cards ..............................................................................................................................................35
Switch Processor I/O (SPIO) Card.....................................................................................................35
Management LAN Interfaces.........................................................................................................36
Console Port ..................................................................................................................................36
BITS Timing ...................................................................................................................................37
Central Office Alarm Interface .......................................................................................................37
Redundancy Crossbar Card (RCC) ...................................................................................................38
Fast Ethernet Line Card (FLC2).........................................................................................................39
Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (GLC2)....................................................................................................40
Quad Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (QGLC).........................................................................................42
10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLC) ..............................................................................................43

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Optical Line Card (OLC2)...................................................................................................................46
Channelized Line Card (CLC2) ..........................................................................................................48
Card Interlock Switch..............................................................................................................................51
Card Identifiers .......................................................................................................................................52
Installation Procedure Overview..................................................................... 55
Chassis Components..............................................................................................................................56
Installation at a Glance...........................................................................................................................58
Required Tools and Equipment..............................................................................................................59
Hand Tools .........................................................................................................................................59
Equipment ..........................................................................................................................................59
Site Prerequisites....................................................................................................................................60
Power and Grounding.........................................................................................................................60
Environment .......................................................................................................................................60
Clearance ...........................................................................................................................................60
Protecting Against Electro-static Discharge ...........................................................................................61
Federal Communications Commission Warning ....................................................................................63
ICS Notice ..........................................................................................................................................63
Laser Notice .......................................................................................................................................63
Chassis Installation .......................................................................................... 65
Equipment Rack Configuration...............................................................................................................66
Ventilation Considerations..................................................................................................................66
Mounting Options ...............................................................................................................................68
Weight Considerations............................................................................................................................68
Unpacking the ASR 5000 Chassis .........................................................................................................69
Installing the Chassis..............................................................................................................................71
Reducing the Weight of the Chassis Prior to Installation...................................................................71
Flush Mount Installation of the Chassis..............................................................................................74
Mid-Mount Installation of the Chassis ................................................................................................75
Grounding the Chassis.......................................................................................................................76
Re-Installing Chassis Sub-components .............................................................................................79
Application Card Installation ........................................................................... 83
Chassis Slot Numbering and Assignments ............................................................................................84
ASR 5000 Platform.............................................................................................................................84
Packet Processing Card Redundancy................................................................................................85
Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration...............................................................................86
Installing Application Cards ....................................................................................................................87
Line Card Installation ....................................................................................... 91
Chassis Slot Numbering and Assignments ............................................................................................92
Line Card Redundancy...........................................................................................................................95
Side-by-side Redundancy for the XGLC............................................................................................95
Requirement Summary..................................................................................................................95
CLI Commands for XGLC Redundancy.........................................................................................96
Recommended Minimum Chassis Configuration ...................................................................................97
Installing Half-Height Line Cards............................................................................................................98
Installing the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLC) ...........................................................................101
Preparing a Full-height Line Card Slot .............................................................................................101
Installing the XGLC...........................................................................................................................101
Cabling the Switch Processor Input/Output Line Card .............................. 105
SPIO Interfaces ....................................................................................................................................106
E1 BNC BITS Interface Version.......................................................................................................107
T1 3-Pin BITS Interface Version.......................................................................................................108

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Connecting to the Management LAN...................................................................................................109
Using the SFP Interfaces .................................................................................................................109
Using the Ethernet RJ-45 Interfaces................................................................................................111
Connecting to the Serial Console Port .................................................................................................113
DB-9 to RJ-45 Adapter.....................................................................................................................114
USB to DB-9 Adapter.......................................................................................................................115
Connecting to the Console Port .......................................................................................................116
Connecting to a BITS Timing Source...................................................................................................117
BITS E1 BNC Interface ....................................................................................................................117
BITS T1 3-Pin Interface....................................................................................................................118
BITS Timing Configuration...............................................................................................................118
Connecting to the CO Alarm Interface .................................................................................................119
Electrical Characteristics..................................................................................................................121
Central Office Alarm Wiring Example...............................................................................................121
Cabling the Fast Ethernet (10/100) Line Card.............................................. 123
FLC2 Interfaces....................................................................................................................................124
Cabling the Gigabit Ethernet Line Cards ..................................................... 127
Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (GLC2)......................................................................................................128
Quad Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (QGLC) ...........................................................................................130
RJ-45 SFP Module Detail.....................................................................................................................132
Cabling the Optical SFP Interface........................................................................................................133
10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLC).................................................................................................134
Cabling the Optical SFP+ Interface......................................................................................................136
Cabling the Optical (ATM) Line Cards .......................................................... 137
Optical (ATM) Line Card Interfaces......................................................................................................138
Cabling the Optical SFP Interface........................................................................................................140
Cabling the Channelized Line Cards ............................................................ 141
Channelized Line Card Interfaces........................................................................................................142
Cabling the Optical SFP Interface........................................................................................................144
Cabling the Power Filter Units....................................................................... 145
Power Considerations ..........................................................................................................................146
Estimating Power Requirements......................................................................................................146
Power Cable Requirements .............................................................................................................147
Connecting the PFU to the Power Source ...........................................................................................150
Applying Power and Verifying the Installation ............................................ 153
Understanding the System Boot Process.............................................................................................154
Applying Power to the Chassis.............................................................................................................156
Verifying the Installation .......................................................................................................................158
Checking the LED on the PFU.........................................................................................................158
Checking the LEDs on the SMC(s) ..................................................................................................159
SMC Run/Fail LED States ...........................................................................................................160
SMC Active LED States...............................................................................................................161
SMC Standby LED States............................................................................................................162
SMC Status LED States...............................................................................................................162
SMC Service LED States.............................................................................................................163
SMC Busy LED States.................................................................................................................163
Checking the LEDs on Packet Processing Cards............................................................................164
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 and PPC Run/Fail LED States...................................................................165
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 and PPC Active LED States.......................................................................166
PSCA, PSC2, PSC3 and PPC Card Standby LED States ..........................................................167
Checking the LEDs on the SPIO(s)..................................................................................................167

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SPIO Run/Fail LED States...........................................................................................................168
SPIO Active LED States...............................................................................................................169
SPIO Standby LED States...........................................................................................................169
SPIO Interface Link LED States...................................................................................................170
SPIO Interface Activity LED States..............................................................................................170
Checking the LEDs on the Ethernet Line Cards ..............................................................................171
Ethernet Line Card Run/Fail LED States.....................................................................................171
Ethernet Line Card Active LED States.........................................................................................172
Ethernet Line Card Standby LED States .....................................................................................172
Ethernet Line Card Interface Link LED States.............................................................................173
Ethernet Line Card Activity LED States .......................................................................................174
Checking the Card-Level LEDs on the Optical (ATM) Line Card.....................................................174
Optical (ATM) Line Card Run/Fail LED States.............................................................................175
Optical ATM Line Card Active LED States...................................................................................176
Standby LED States.....................................................................................................................176
Checking the Alarm and Link LEDs on the Optical (ATM/POS OC-3) Line Card............................177
Card-Level LEDs on the Channelized (STM-1/OC-3) Line Card .....................................................178
Channelized Line Card Run/Fail LED States...............................................................................179
Channelized Line Card Active LED States ..................................................................................180
Channelized Line Card Standby LED States...............................................................................180
Checking the Alarm and Link LEDs on the Channelized Line Card 2..............................................181
Checking the LEDs on the RCC(s)...................................................................................................182
RCC Run/Fail LED States............................................................................................................183
RCC Active LED States ...............................................................................................................184
RCC Standby LED States............................................................................................................184
Completing Initial System Configuration...............................................................................................185
System Monitoring.......................................................................................... 187
Monitoring.............................................................................................................................................188
Daily - Standard Health Check.........................................................................................................188
Periodic Status Checks ....................................................................................................................190
Counters and Bulkstats.........................................................................................................................191
Summary of Maintenance Tasks..........................................................................................................192
Constant Attention............................................................................................................................192
Daily..................................................................................................................................................192
Weekly..............................................................................................................................................192
Monthly.............................................................................................................................................192
6 Months...........................................................................................................................................192
No Specific Time Frame...................................................................................................................193
Adding Application and Line Cards to an Existing Installation................. 195
Chassis Slot Numbering and Assignments ..........................................................................................196
Adding Application Cards .....................................................................................................................197
Adding Half-Height Line Cards.............................................................................................................200
Adding a 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card...............................................................................................203
Preparing a Full-height Line Card Slot .............................................................................................203
Installing the XGLC...........................................................................................................................203
Removing and Installing SMC PC Cards...................................................... 207
Installing PC Cards...............................................................................................................................208
Removing PC Cards.............................................................................................................................210
Replacing the Chassis Air Filter.................................................................... 213
Determining When an Air Filter Needs Replacing................................................................................214
Removing the Air Filter .........................................................................................................................215
Installing the Air Filter ...........................................................................................................................217

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Replacing a Power Filter Unit........................................................................ 219
Determining that a PFU has Failed ......................................................................................................220
Removing the Failed PFU ....................................................................................................................221
Installing the Replacement PFU...........................................................................................................224
What to do with the Failed PFU............................................................................................................227
Replacing Upper or Lower Fan Tray............................................................. 229
Determining Whether a Fan Tray Needs Replacing ............................................................................230
Using the CLI....................................................................................................................................230
Using SNMP Traps and MIB Objects...............................................................................................230
Removing an Upper Fan Tray..............................................................................................................232
Installing an Upper Fan Tray................................................................................................................234
Removing a Lower Fan Tray Assembly ...............................................................................................235
Installing a Lower Fan Tray Assembly .................................................................................................237
What to do with the Failed Fan Tray ....................................................................................................238
Replacing Application Cards......................................................................... 239
Determining Whether an Application Card has Failed .........................................................................240
Using the CLI....................................................................................................................................240
Using SNMP Traps...........................................................................................................................241
Removing the Application Card............................................................................................................242
Installing the Application Card..............................................................................................................244
Replacing the CF Memory Card on SMCs...........................................................................................246
Replacing the CompactFlash on an SMC........................................................................................247
What to do with the Failed Application Card ........................................................................................248
Replacing Line Cards ..................................................................................... 249
Determining Whether a Line Card has Failed......................................................................................250
Using the CLI....................................................................................................................................250
Using SNMP Traps...........................................................................................................................251
Removing the Line Card.......................................................................................................................252
Installing the Line Card.........................................................................................................................254
What to do with the Failed Line Card ...................................................................................................256
Technical Specifications................................................................................ 257
Physical Dimensions ............................................................................................................................258
Weights.................................................................................................................................................259
Power Specifications ............................................................................................................................260
Estimating Power Requirements......................................................................................................260
Mounting Requirements .......................................................................................................................261
Interface Specifications ........................................................................................................................263
SPIO Card Interfaces.......................................................................................................................264
Console Port ................................................................................................................................264
Fiber SFP Interface......................................................................................................................266
10/100/1000 Mbps RJ-45 Interface .............................................................................................266
Central Office Alarm Interface .....................................................................................................267
BITS Timing Interface..................................................................................................................270
Fast Ethernet Line Card (FLC2) Interfaces......................................................................................271
10/100 Mbps RJ-45 Interface ......................................................................................................271
Gigabit Ethernet Card (GLC2/QGLC) SFP Interfaces .....................................................................271
1000Base-SX...............................................................................................................................271
1000Base-LX Interface................................................................................................................272
1000Base-T .................................................................................................................................272
10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLC) SFP+..................................................................................273
10GBase-SR................................................................................................................................273

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10 Base-LR Interface...................................................................................................................273
Fiber ATM/POS OC-3 (OLC2) Multi-Mode Interface........................................................................274
Fiber ATM/POS OC-3 SM IR-1 Interface.....................................................................................274
Channelized Line Cards...................................................................................................................275
Channelized Line Card (CLC2) with Single-Mode Interface........................................................275
Channelized Line Cards (CLC2) with Multi-Mode Interface.........................................................275
Safety, Electrical and EMC Certifications .................................................... 277
Federal Communications Commission Warning ..................................................................................278
ICS Notice ........................................................................................................................................278
Laser Notice .....................................................................................................................................278
Safety Certifications..............................................................................................................................278
Electrical Certifications .........................................................................................................................279
Environmental Certifications.................................................................................................................279
Acoustic Noise......................................................................................................................................279
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Compliance...............................................................................280
Japan VCCI-A...................................................................................................................................280
Korean EMC.....................................................................................................................................280
Environmental Specifications ....................................................................... 281
Operating and Storage Parameters......................................................................................................282
Supported Environmental Standards....................................................................................................282
Chassis Air Flow...................................................................................................................................283
Hardware Product Support Matrix ................................................................ 285
Packet Processing Cards .....................................................................................................................286
Line Cards.............................................................................................................................................288
Preparing a Full-Height Line Card Slot......................................................... 291
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................292
Remove Blanking Panels......................................................................................................................293
Remove the Half-Height Card Guide....................................................................................................294
RoHS Compliance Statement ........................................................................ 299
Chassis.................................................................................................................................................300
Fan Assembly.......................................................................................................................................301
Power Filter Unit (PFU).........................................................................................................................302
Full Product...........................................................................................................................................303
RMA Shipping Procedures............................................................................. 305
RMA Overview......................................................................................................................................306
Re-packaging Your RMA..................................................................................................................306
Shipping Multiple Components.........................................................................................................306
Sealing the Shipment .......................................................................................................................307
Labeling the Shipment......................................................................................................................307
Cisco Return Locations ....................................................................................................................307
Packaging ASR 5000 Cards.................................................................................................................308
Application Cards .............................................................................................................................308
Application Card Types................................................................................................................308
Packaging an Application Card....................................................................................................309
Line Cards (except XGLC) ...............................................................................................................311
Half-Height Line Card Types........................................................................................................311
Packaging a Half-height Line Card ..............................................................................................312
10 Gigabit Ethernet Card (XGL).......................................................................................................315
XGLC Card Types........................................................................................................................315
Packaging a Full Height XGLC ....................................................................................................315

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Spare Component Recommendations.......................................................... 317

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About this Guide
This Installation Guide pertains to the features and functionality that run on and/or that are associated with the Cisco®
ASR 5000 platform.
It describes how to unpack, install and initially configure the system. This guide also includes technical specifications
and guidelines for monitoring system operation.

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Conventions Used
The following tables describe the conventions used throughout this documentation.
Icon
Notice Type
Description
Information Note
Provides information about important features or instructions.
Caution
Alerts you of potential damage to a program, device, or system.
Warning
Alerts you of potential personal injury or fatality. May also alert you of potential electrical
hazards.
Typeface Conventions
Description
Text represented as a screen display
This typeface represents displays that appear on your terminal screen, for
example:
Login:
Text represented as commands
This typeface represents commands that you enter, for example:
show ip access-list
This document always gives the full form of a command in lowercase letters.
Commands are not case sensitive.
Text represented as a command variable
This typeface represents a variable that is part of a command, for example:
show card slot_number
slot_number is a variable representing the desired chassis slot number.
Text represented as menu or sub-menu names
This typeface represents menus and sub-menus that you access within a
software application, for example:
Click the File menu, then click New
Dimensions
Dimensions such as size, weight and temperature are first presented in their primary measurements (imperial or metric)
followed by the converted measurement (metric or imperial) in parentheses.

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Related Documentation
The most up-to-date information for this product is available in the product Release Notes provided with each product
release.
The following documents are available:
ASR 5000 Installation Guide
ASR 5000 System Administration Guide
Command Line Interface Reference
SNMP MIB Reference
Statistics and Counters Reference
Thresholding Configuration Guide
Product-specific and feature-specific Administration guides
Contacting Customer Support
Use the information in this section to contact customer support.
Refer to the support area of http://www.cisco.com for up-to-date product documentation or to submit a service request.
A valid username and password are required to access this site. Please contact your Cisco sales or service representative
for additional information.

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Chapter 1
ASR 5000 Hardware Platform Overview
This chapter describes the hardware components that comprise the ASR 5000.
It includes the following sections:
The ASR 5000 Platform
Chassis Configurations
Chassis Description
Power Filter Units
Fan Tray Assemblies
Application Cards
Line Cards
Card Interlock Switch
Card Identifiers

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The ASR 5000 Platform
The ASR 5000 multimedia core platform is designed for deployment in multimedia-enabled core networks. It features a
distributed architecture that allows all tasks and services to be allocated across the entire platform. This platform allows
operators to deploy more efficient mobile networks that support a greater number of concurrent calls, optimize resource
usage, and deliver enhanced services, while providing scalability.
ASR 5000 hardware components support the following features:
1:1 redundancy for all hardware elements
Hot-swappable sub-components
Inter-chassis session recovery (ICSR)
CLI support for telnet, SSH, and local login through a console port
SNMP support for event notification
Figure 1. ASR 5000 Chassis

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Chassis Configurations
The system is designed to scale from a minimum configuration, as shown in the table below, to a fully-loaded redundant
configuration containing a maximum of 48 cards.
If session recovery is enabled, the minimum number of packet processing cards per chassis increases from one to four
cards. Three packet processing cards are active and one packet processing card is standby (redundant). This minimal
configuration is designed to protect against software failures only.
Table 1. Minimum Card Configurations
Component
Supported
ASR 5000
Product
Redundant HW
Configuration
(Note 1)
Redundant HW + SW
Configuration (Note 2)
Maximum per Chassis
Application Cards
System Management Card (SMC)
All
2
2
2
Packet Services Card (PSC)
End of Life (not supported in Release 16.0+)
Packet Services Card Type A
(PSCA)
End of Life (not supported in Release 16.0+)
Packet Services Card 2 (PSC2)
All
3
(2 active +1
standby)
4
(3 active +1 standby)
See Note 3 below.
14
Packet Services Card 3 (PSC3)
Packet Processing Card (PPC)
End of Life (not supported in Release 16.0+)
Chassis Subcomponents
Power Filter Unit (PFU)
All
2
2
2
Upper Fan Tray Assembly
All
1
1
1
Lower Fan Tray Assembly
All
1
1
1
Line Cards
Switch Processor I/O (SPIO) Card
All
2
2
2
Redundancy Crossbar Card (RCC)
All
2
2
2
Fast Ethernet Line Card (FELC)
End of Life (replaced by FLC2)
Fast Ethernet Line Card 2 (FLC2)
All
2
See Note 4 below.
28*
Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (GELC)
End of Life (replaced by GLC2)
Gigabit Ethernet Line Card 2
(GLC2)
All
2
See Note 4 below.
28*
Quad Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
(QGLC)
All
2
28*
10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card
(XGLC)
All
2
14**

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Component
Supported
ASR 5000
Product
Redundant HW
Configuration
(Note 1)
Redundant HW + SW
Configuration (Note 2)
Maximum per Chassis
Optical Line Card 2 (OLC2)
SGSN
only
2
28*
Channelized Line Card 2 (CLC2)
SGSN
only
2
28*
Notes:
1. These numbers represent the minimum number of components for hardware redundancy. Additional components are
required if Session Recovery is to be supported.
2. These numbers represent the minimum number of components for: a) hardware and software redundancy; b)
platforms with combined services. Additional components are required if Session Recovery is to be supported.
3. This is the minimum configuration for redundant SGSN service and MME service.
4. This number varies based on network deployment requirements.
*The maximum number of half-height line cards you can install is 28. However, redundant configurations may use
fewer than the physical maximum number of line cards since they are inactive behind standby packet service cards.
**The 10 Gigabit Ethernet Line Card (XGLX) is a full-height line card that takes up the upper and lower slots in the
back of the chassis. When referring to an installed XGLC, use the upper slot number only. Slot numbering for other
installed half-height cards is maintained: 17 to 32 and 33 to 48, regardless of the number of installed XGLCs.

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Figure 2. Chassis Components (front and rear views)
This diagram shows exploded views of the front and rear chassis components. They are described below.
Table 2. Chassis and Sub-component Identification Key
Item
Description
1
Chassis: Supports 16 front-loading slots for application cards and 32 rear-loading slots for line cards. To support the
XGLC, a full-height line card, remove the half-height guide from the rear slots.
The chassis ships with blanking panels over every slot except the following: 1, 8, 17, and 24. These are intentionally
left uncovered for initial installation of application and line cards.
2
Mounting brackets: Support installation in a standard 19-inch rack or telecommunications cabinet. Flush and mid-
mount options are supported. In addition, each bracket contains an electrostatic discharge jack for use when handling
equipment.
3
Upper fan tray: Draws air through the chassis for cooling and ventilation. It then exhausts warmed air through the
vents at the upper-rear of the chassis.
4
Upper bezel: Covers the upper fan tray bay.

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Item
Description
5
Lower fan tray cover/EMI shield: Secures the lower fan tray assembly in place and serves as an EMI shield. The
cover also provides an air baffle allowing air to enter into the chassis.
6
Lower bezel: Covers the lower fan tray bay.
7
Lower fan tray assembly: Draws ambient air through the chassis’ front and sides for cooling and ventilation. It is
equipped with a particulate air filter to prevent dust and debris from entering the system.
8
Power Filter Units (PFUs): Each of the system’s two PFUs provides -48 VDC power to the chassis and its associated
cards. Each load-sharing PFU operates independently of the other to ensure maximum power feed redundancy.