Unpacking And Installing The Switch; Unpacking The Chassis; Recommendations; Chassis Removal Instructions - Alcatel OMNISWITCH 8800 Getting Started Manual

Unpacking and Installing the Switch

Unpacking the Chassis

To protect your switch components from electrostatic
discharge (ESD) and physical damage, read all unpacking
recommendations and instructions carefully before beginning.

Recommendations

Unpack your OmniSwitch chassis as close as possible
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to the location where it will be installed.
Network Interface (NI) modules and Chassis Manage-
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ment Modules (CMMs) are packaged in separate
boxes. In order to greatly reduce exposure to electro-
static discharge (ESD) and physical damage, do not
unpack these boxes until the CMMs and NI modules
are ready to be installed.

Chassis Removal Instructions

1
Begin by carefully cutting the tape along the seam
marked "OPEN HERE FIRST."
2
Lift the box's top flaps. Remove the smaller boxes that
are enclosed and set them aside. These smaller boxes
contain the Ship Kit.
3 Next, completely remove the four white plastic inserts
(two on the front and two on the back) from the sides of
the box. Removing these inserts allows the overpack to be
removed.
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Caution. Do not attempt to lift the chassis with the white
plastic inserts.
4 The overpack is the outer shell of the packaging. Lift
the overpack straight up until it slides free from the rest of
the packaging. This allows easy access to the chassis.
5 Remove the two rack-mounting brackets for 19-inch
racks.
Note. See "Rack-Mounting" on page 8
tion on installing the rack-mounting brackets.
6 Carefully remove the protective plastic from the switch
chassis.
7 In order to reduce the weight of the chassis, it is
recommended that you remove all factory-installed power
supplies prior to lifting it from the packaging.
8 Continue to "Power Supply Removal Instructions" on
page 6.
Note. The subsection below applies to power supplies that
are newly-shipped in the switch chassis. They have no
power cords attached and the on/off switches are in the off
( O ) position. For instructions on removing power
supplies that are currently operating in an existing switch,
refer to your OmniSwitch 8800 Hardware Users Guide.
for more informa-
Installing the Hardware 5