Unpacking The Box; Rack-Mounting Requirements - Cisco MGX MGX 8800 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 3 Preparing for Installation

Rack-Mounting Requirements

Warning To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take special
precautions to ensure that the system remains stable. The following guidelines are provided to ensure
your safety:
—This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
—When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the top with the
heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
—If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or servicing
the unit in the rack. Statement 1006
Adhere to the following rack-mounting guidelines and requirements when mounting an MGX chassis:
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Make sure that mounting the equipment does not create a hazardous condition due to uneven loading.
Caution
The equipment rack should be securely supported.

Unpacking the Box

Each Cisco MGX switch or gateway is securely packaged in a shipping box. The MGX switch modules
and cards ship installed in the chassis. If your switch is ordered to be installed in a cabinet as well, the
components are installed in the cabinet (for example, upper and lower fan trays, air intake plenum, and
exhaust plenum).
Proper ESD protection is required whenever you handle Cisco equipment. Installation and maintenance
Caution
personnel should be properly grounded through the use of grounding straps to eliminate the risk of ESD
damage to the equipment. Modules are subject to ESD damage whenever they are removed from
the chassis.
To unpack the shipping container, follow these steps:
Inspect the packing containers.
Step 1
Releases 2 - 5.2, Part Number OL-4545-01, Rev. H0, May 2006
The chassis and components fit in either a 19-inch wide rack or a 23-inch wide rack. If the chassis
and components are installed in a 23-inch wide rack, extender brackets must be installed.
When installed in the rack, consider the following:
ensure that the vertical hole spacing on the rack rails meets industry standard (EIA/Retma)
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mounting hole pattern requirements.
it must be mid-mounted between the rack rails
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it must be front mounted and supported by rear support brackets.
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When situating the mounted chassis, allow enough room to access the back of the unit for cabling
and wiring purposes.
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