Vanguard 6500 PLUS Installation Manual

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Installing Nodes in Modulus Enclosures
Modulus 9/21 Nests The TRIM card has its own backplane and attaches to the solder side of the 6500
PLUS
processor card. The TRIM card requires two Modulus slots. The TRIM filler panel
for Modulus 9/21 nests is one slot wide as shown in Figure 2-10.
Figure 2-10. TRIM Card Rear Filler Panel for Modulus 9/21 Enclosures
Guidelines for
Installing a TRIM
Card in a Modulus
9/21 Enclosure
Consider the following if you install a TRIM card in a Modulus 9/21 enclosure:
Note
Before you add a TRIM card to an existing node, be sure the enclosure has room
for it as described above. To make space, you may need to rearrange cards and
backplanes, which requires a node shutdown first.
• A processor card with attached TRIM card requires four slots — two slots
each for the TRIM card and the processor card.
• The TRIM card attaches only to the processor card in the lowest-numbered
slot of a backplane (this is the master processor in a multi-processor node).
• When installing in a Modulus 21, install a horizontal bar on the front door to
meet FCC requirements.
TRIM Card
Filler Panel for
Modulus 9/21
65xx
18-Port
Backplane
Shielded
Twisted Pair
Unshielded
Twisted Pair
Modulus 9 Rear View
TRIM Card
Filler Panel for
Modulus 8/18
Use flat-head
screwdriver to
attach captive
hardware.