Grounding The Chassis; Ground Cabling - Cisco ASR 5500 Installation Manual

Chassis Installation

Grounding the Chassis

The chassis must be properly grounded prior to installing any chassis components or cards. The chassis and
the equipment rack/cabinet must be connected to the same ground point.
Failure to properly ground the chassis could result in personal injury and/or damage to the chassis and its
Caution
components.
There are two sets of grounding terminals located at the lower-rear of the chassis. Figure 4-8 shows the location
of these terminals and provides specifications for the appropriate lug and cable size.

Ground Cabling

Important
A 2-hole lug (Panduit LCD4-14A-L) is supplied for grounding the chassis. The lug must be crimped to the
end of a ground cable using Panduit crimp tool part number CT-720-1 (die color: gray, P29). The wire strip
length is 7/8-inch (22 mm),
The minimum, recommended stranded cable size is 4 AWG. the cable length to the site ground point should
not exceed 70 feet (21 m) one way.
The method of connection is: chassis -> lug -> flat washer -> nut (7/16-inch).
The ASR 5500 is suitable for installation as part of the Common Bonding Network (CBN) in a network
telecommunications facility. It is not intended for installation in an Isolated Bonding Network (IBN).

Grounding the Chassis

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