Attaching The Chassis Rack-Mount Brackets; Verifying Rack Dimensions - Cisco ASR1002 Installation Manual

Chapter 8 Cisco ASR 1002 Router Overview and Installation
The Cisco ASR 1002 Router can be installed with both front or rear rack-mount brackets.

Verifying Rack Dimensions

Before you install the chassis, measure the space between the vertical mounting flanges (rails) on your
equipment rack to verify that the rack conforms to the measurements shown in
Mark and measure the distance between two holes on the left and right mounting rails.
Step 1
The distance should measure 18.31 inches ± 0.06 inches (46.5 cm ± 0.15 cm).
Note
Measure the space between the inner edges of the left front and right front mounting flanges on the
Step 2
equipment rack.
The space must be at least 17.7 inches (45 cm) to accommodate the chassis which is
17.25 inches (43.8 cm) wide and fits between the mounting posts on the rack.
Figure 8-11

Attaching the Chassis Rack-Mount Brackets

This section explains how to attach the front and rear rack-mount brackets to the chassis. Before
installing the chassis in the rack, you must install the rack-mount brackets on each side of the chassis.
The parts and tools required for installing the rack-mount brackets and cable-management brackets are
listed in the
The cable-management brackets are attached to the chassis after you install the chassis rack-mount
Note
brackets on the chassis and mount the chassis in the rack.
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Measure for pairs of holes near the bottom, middle and top of the equipment rack to ensure that
the rack posts are parallel.
Verifying Equipment Rack Dimensions
"Tools and Equipment" section on page
Cisco ASR 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers Hardware Installation Guide
Mounting flanges
Minimum usable
aperture 17.7 inches
(45.0 cm)
Hole centerline
to hole centerline
18.31 inches ± 0.06 inches
(46.5 cm ± 0.15 cm)
5-23.
Attaching the Chassis Rack-Mount Brackets
Figure 8-11.
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