Force LC-EF3-GE-48T Owner's manual

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48-Port 10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet Line Card
Feature Highlights and Installation Instructions
Catalog Number: LC-EF3-GE-48T
Feature Highlights
• 48 ports with RJ-45 connectors that support auto-negotiation or 10/100/1000 Base-T
speed.
• Use CAT5E unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables. Cables, connectors, and their use
must comply with EIA/TIA 568 Standard in the US, and ISO/IEC 11801 (2nd Edition)
elsewhere. It is recommended that the cable be certified with a cable tester.
• The EF3 series line cards support a single 18M user configurable CAM with flexible
partition assignments. The following max entries are:
• 256K Layer 3 IP forward information base (FIB)
• 256K Layer 2 FIB
• 64K Layer 3 IPv6 FIB
• 128K Layer 2 and Layer 3 access control list (ACL) entries
• 24K IPv6 ACL entries
• Supports online insertion and removal (OIR) of line card.
• Supports ingress and egress Layer 2 and Layer 3 ACL processing across all ports.
• Requires FTOS 6.2.1.0 or higher
• Supports full duplex only
Label Description
Port 48 Ports
Port LEDs
Green = link up
Unlit = port is down
Flashing Green = activity
Status LED Flashing Green = Initializing
Green = Line card online
Amber = Failed power-on self test or fault detected
Unlit = No power to the line card or the line card is administratively
shut down
Warning: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) damage can occur if components are
mishandled. Always wear an ESD-preventive wrist or ankle strap when handling
line cards. Connect the ESD strap to the grounding plug. Place line cards on an
antistatic surface and store in anti-static bags when they are not installed.

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Installation Instructions
The E300 system line cards are hot-swappable. You can add, replace, or remove a line card without interrupting
the system power or system operations. No additional configuration is necessary if you insert a new line card into
a slot occupied by a blank panel or if you hot-swap identical line card types.
Install a line card
Figure 1 Inserting a line card into an E300
Installation Notes:
• Do not remove a blank panel from the chassis until you are ready to install a line card into that slot. If
you remove a line card, immediately fill the empty slot with a blank. Blanks are required to control
airflow and electromagnetic interference.
• Line cards fit only in chassis slots 0 through 5. Chassis slots R0 and R1 are designed for the route
processor modules (RPMs).
• If you replace an existing line card with a different series line card, you must configure the system with
the updated line card information.
Step Task
1 Hold the line card by the edges. Avoid touching the printed circuit board and connector pins. Extend the
right and left line card levers before you insert the line card into the slot.
Align the line card with the right and left line card guides and gently slide the line card into the slot until
you feel the connectors engage with the chassis backplane.
2Rotate the levers to seat the backplane connectors and lock the line card in place.
3Secure the line card in place by tightening the right and left screws on each line card, using a #2 Phillips
screwdriver.

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CLI Commands
It is not necessary to configure a slot when you install a new line card into a slot currently occupied by a blank or if
you replace (hot-swap) identical line card types. For more information configuring a slot for a new line card, refer
to the FTOS Command Line Interface Reference.
To replace the current line card with a different line card type
Pre-configure a line card slot
To view line-card and chassis configurations, use the following commands:
show linecard [ number ] [brief]
show chassis [brief]
Step Task
1 Remove the existing line card from the chassis slot.
2In the CONFIGURATION mode, execute the no linecard
number command to remove the old line card
type configuration.
In this command,
number is the chassis slot number (range: 0 to 5).
3Insert the new line card. FTOS will detect the new line card and enter it in the running configuration.
4In the EXEC privilege mode, enter the copy running-config
file-url CLI command to save the
configuration.
In this command syntax,
file-url is the location to save the file. To view a list of possible file locations,
enter copy running-config ?
Step Task
1 In the CONFIGURATION mode, enter the linecard
number card-type command with the card
information. Where
number is the chassis slot number (range: 0 to 5) and card-type is the line card
indicator.
2In the EXEC privilege mode, enter the copy running-config
file-url command to save the
configuration. Where
file-url is the location to save the file. To view a list of possible file locations,
enter the copy running-config ? command.
3The slot is now configured for your virtual line card. Ensure that you insert only the line card type that
you named in step 1.

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