Motorola ATCA-717 用户手册

The blade is fully compatible to the AdvancedTCA standard and is designed to be used in
AdvancedTCA shelfs. Since the installation and removal procedures are different for
powered and nonpowered shelfs, they are described in separate sections.

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Damage of Circuits
Electrostatic discharge and incorrect blade installation and removal can damage circuits
or shorten their life.
Before touching the blade or electronic components, make sure that you are working in
an ESD−safe environment.

1.

Ensure that the top and bottom ejector handles are in the outward position

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2.

Insert blade into the shelf by placing the top and bottom edges of the blade in
the card guides of the shelf. Ensure that the guiding module of shelf and blade
are aligned properly.

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3.

Carefully slide the blade into the shelf until you feel resistance.

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If an RTM is already installed in the same slot, be careful not to bend any pins of the
P30 to P32 backplane connectors.

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4.

Hook the lower and the upper handle into the shelf rail recesses

5.

Fully insert the blade and lock it to the shelf by pressing the two components
of the lower and the upper handles together and turning the handles towards
the face plate

As soon as the blade is connected to the backplane power pins, the blue LED is
illuminated.

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When the blade is completely installed, the blue LED starts to blink. This indicates that
the blade announces its presence to the shelf management controller.

Note:

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If an ARTM is connected to the front blade, make sure that the handles of

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the ARTM and the front blade are closed in order to power up the blade‘s payload.

6.

Wait until the blue LED is switched OFF

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The switched off blue LED indicates that the blade‘s payload has been powered up
and that the blade is active.

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