Installing a wan interface card, Installing the cards in correct sequence – Cisco 1700 User Manual

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Cisco 1700 Router Hardware Installation Guide

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Chapter 2 Installing the Cisco 1700 Router

Warning

Do not work on the system or connect or disconnect cables during periods of
lightning activity. (To see translated versions of this warning, refer to the
Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information for the Cisco 1700
document that
came with the router.)

Caution

Do not connect a WAN cable to the card until you have completed the installation
procedure.

Installing a WAN Interface Card

This section describes how to install WAN interface cards in the router.

Installing the Cards in Correct Sequence

The Cisco 1700 router discovers interfaces on WAN interface cards installed in
the WIC0 slot before it discovers those installed in the WIC1 slot. This can affect
your router configuration. This section describes how to ensure that your existing
router configuration is not affected when you install WAN interface cards.

If you are installing a WAN interface card in the router for the first time, install
the card in the WIC0 slot to ensure that your software configuration will not be
affected if you install a second card at a later time.

If you are installing a second WAN interface card in a Cisco 1720 that has a card
installed in the WIC1 slot, follow this general procedure to prevent having to
reconfigure your router:

Caution

Read the instructions in the following section, “

Installing the Cards

,” before

installing the cards.

Step 1

Remove the installed card from the WIC1 slot.

Step 2

Reinstall the card (removed in Step 1) in the WIC0 slot.

Step 3

Install the new card in the WIC1 slot.

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