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Chapter 3 Installing a Cisco Nexus 7009 Chassis
Installing the Chassis
This section describes how to install the Cisco Nexus 7009 chassis in a rack or cabinet. Depending on
your data center requirements, you can choose to mount the front of the chassis to a rack or cabinet
(standard method of mounting the chassis), or you can choose to mount the center of the chassis to a rack
or cabinet. To mount the center of the chassis, you must order the center-mount brackets separately from
the chassis.
This section includes the following topics:
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Prerequisites for Installing the Chassis
Before you install the chassis, you must make sure that the following items are available for the
installation:
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Warning Stability hazard. The rack stabilizing mechanism must be in place, or the rack must be bolted to the
floor before you slide the unit out for servicing. Failure to stabilize the rack can cause the rack to tip
over. Statement 1048
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OL-23069-07
Prerequisites for Installing the Chassis, page 3-11
Required Tools and Equipment, page 3-12
Mounting the Chassis by its Front Brackets, page 3-13
Mounting the Chassis by its Center Brackets, page 3-15
Data center ground that is accessible where you are installing the Cisco Nexus 7009 chassis.
Two- or four-post, 19-inch EIA rack or cabinet that includes such a rack. These installation
instructions show how to install the chassis in a two-post rack. You follow the same steps for
installing the chassis on the front two posts of a four-post rack or cabinet.
For more information on the rack or cabinet, see the
page 3-2.
Bottom-support rails that are installed in the rack or cabinet—You must already have two
front-mount bottom-support rails or two center-mount bottom-support rails attached to the lowest
possible rack unit on the chassis.
For more information, see the
page 3-4.
Two front-mount brackets attached to the chassis. If you are mounting the chassis at its center to the
rack or cabinet, you must also have two center-mount brackets, in the center-mount kit, which you
order separately from the Cisco Nexus 7009 chassis.
"Installing a Rack or Cabinet" section on
"Installing the Bottom-Support Rails on the Rack" section on
Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
Installing the Chassis
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