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Preface This installation guide describes the procedures for installing the H3C RA200 router. It covers preparing for installation, installing the router, replacement procedures, and troubleshooting. This preface includes the following topics about the documentation: • Audience • Conventions • Obtaining documentation •...
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Convention Description Multi-level menus are separated by angle brackets. For example, File > Create > > Folder. Symbols Convention Description An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed WARNING! can result in personal injury. An alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed CAUTION: can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software.
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Obtaining documentation To access the most up-to-date H3C product documentation, go to the H3C website at http://www.h3c.com.hk To obtain information about installation, configuration, and maintenance, click http://www.h3c.com.hk/Technical_Documents...
Preparing for installation Safety recommendations Safety symbols When reading this document, note the following symbols: WARNING means an alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in personal injury. CAUTION means an alert that calls attention to important information that if not understood or followed can result in data loss, data corruption, or damage to hardware or software.
Temperature and humidity Maintain the temperature and humidity in the equipment room as described in Table • Lasting high relative humidity can cause poor insulation, electricity leakage, mechanical property change of materials, and metal corrosion. • Lasting low relative humidity can cause washer contraction and ESD and cause problems including loose mounting screws and circuit failure.
Figure 1 Airflow through the chassis To ensure good ventilation, follow these guidelines: • Maintain a minimum clearance of 10 cm (3.94 in) around the air inlet and outlet vents. • Make sure the installation site has a good ventilation system. ESD prevention WARNING! Check the resistance of the ESD wrist strap for safety.
To prevent EMI, use the following guidelines: • If AC power is used, use a single-phase three-wire power receptacle with protection earth (PE) to filter interference from the power grid. • Keep the router far away from radio transmitting stations, radar stations, and high-frequency devices.
Figure 3 Installation accessories M6 screw Cage nut Grounding Rubber feet (user supplied) (user supplied) cable M4 countersunk- ETSI rack 19-inch rack mounting head screw mounting brackets brackets Pre-installation checklist Item Requirements • A minimum clearance of 10 cm (3.9 in) is reserved around the air inlet and outlet vents.
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Item Requirements • The router is far away from any sources of heat or moisture. Safety • precautions The emergency power switch in the equipment room is identified and accessible. Installation • Installation accessories supplied with the router are ready. tools and •...
• Keep the tamper-proof seal on a mounting screw on the chassis cover intact, and if you want to open the chassis, contact H3C for permission. Otherwise, H3C shall not be liable for any consequence.
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Figure 4 Installation flowchart Start Rack-mounting Workbench-mounting Determine the installation method Mount the router on a Mount the router in a rack workbench Ground the router Install a fan tray Install an MPU Install the interface modules Install a power module Connect the interface cables Connect the power cord Verify the installation...
Mounting the router on a workbench IMPORTANT: • Make sure the workbench is clean, stable, and reliably grounded. • Maintain a minimum clearance of 10 cm (3.9 in) around the router for heat dissipation. • Do not place heavy objects on the router. To mount the router on a workbench: Place the router upside down on the workbench and attach the rubber feet to the four round holes in the chassis bottom.
Mounting the router in a 19-inch rack Use a 19-inch rack mounting bracket to mark the cage nut installation holes in the front rack posts, as shown in Figure Make sure the cage nut installation holes on the front rack posts are on a horizontal line. Figure 7 Marking cage nut installation holes Install cage nuts, as shown in Figure...
Use screws to attach mounting brackets to both sides of the router, as shown in Figure Figure 9 Attaching mounting brackets to the router Supporting the router at the bottom with one hand, use screws to attach the mounting brackets on the router to the front rack posts with the other hand.
Figure 11 Attaching ETSI rack mounting brackets Supporting the router at the bottom with one hand, use screws to attach the mounting brackets on the router to the front rack posts with the other hand. Figure 12 Securing the router to the ETSI rack Grounding the router CAUTION: •...
• Grounding the router by burying a grounding conductor in the earth ground Grounding the router with a grounding strip Remove the grounding screw from the grounding hole in the mounting bracket attached to the chassis. Use the grounding screw to attach the ring terminal of the grounding cable to the grounding hole.
Figure 14 Grounding the router through the grounding terminal on the rack Grounding the router by burying a grounding conductor in the earth ground If the installation site does not have any grounding strips, but earth ground is available, hammer a 0.5 m (1.64 ft) or longer angle iron or steel tube into the earth ground to serve as a grounding conductor.
Figure 15 Installing a fan tray Installing an RSU-100 MPU The RSU-100 MPU supports hot swapping. To install an RSU-100 MPU: Push the MPU slowly into the slot along the guide rails until it makes close contact with the backplane of the router. Push the ejector levers inwards until the plastic hooks on the ejector levers engage the openings on the MPU.
Figure 17 Removing the filler panel Push the RIC slowly into the slot along the guide rails until it makes close contact with the backplane of the router, and then close the ejector levers. Figure 18 Installing a RIC Fasten the captive screws on the RIC. Installing a power module CAUTION: The router uses hot-swappable DC power modules.
Connecting interface cables Connect cables to the interfaces on the router before powering on the router. The following uses an Ethernet copper port and an Ethernet fiber port as examples to describe the cable connection procedures. Connecting an Ethernet copper cable Connect one end of the cable to the Ethernet copper port on the router.
Figure 21 Connecting an Ethernet optical fiber Connecting the power cord CAUTION: • Make sure the DC power cord is connected correctly. • When fastening a captive screw, do not torque the screw to more than 0.3 Nm. Connect the blue wire to the negative pole of the DC power source, and connect the black wire to the grounding point.
Figure 22 Attaching the ring terminal Figure 23 Connecting the DC power cord Verifying the installation Verify the following items before you power on the router: • There is enough space around the router for heat dissipation. • The router is reliably grounded. •...
Accessing the router for the first time To access the router for the first time, use a console cable to connect the console port on the router and set configuration terminal parameters. Connecting the console cable CAUTION: The serial ports on PCs do not support hot swapping. To connect a PC to an operating router, first connect the PC end.
Press Ctrl+T to start heavy memory test Booting Normal Extended BootWare The Extended BootWare is self-decompressing..Done. **************************************************************************** H3C RA200 BootWare, Version 1.03 **************************************************************************** Copyright (c) 2004-2017 New H3C Technologies Co., Ltd. Compiled Date : Sep 10 2014 CPU ID : 0xb Memory Type...
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Image file flash:/ra200rsu1xx-cmw710-boot-e020701.bin is self-decompressing..Done. System image is starting... Cryptographic Algorithms Known-Answer Tests are running ... CPU 0 of slot 0 in chassis 0: Starting Known-Answer tests in the user space. Known-answer test for SHA1 passed. Known-answer test for SHA224 passed. Known-answer test for SHA256 passed.
• Keep the tamper-proof seal on a mounting screw on the chassis cover intact, and if you want to open the chassis, contact H3C for permission. Otherwise, H3C shall not be liable for any consequence.
Figure 26 Removing a fan tray To install a new power module, see "Installing the router." Replacing a RSU MPU The RSU MPUs are hot swappable. To replace a RSU MPU: Loosen the captive screws on the MPU and pull the ejector levers outwards. Pull the MPU out of the slot along the guide rails.
Figure 28 Removing an interface module To install a new interface module, see "Installing the router." If you are not to install an interface module, install the filler panel. Replacing a transceiver module Remove the optical fibers from the transceiver module. Open the clasp on the transceiver module with your index finger in a downward direction.
• Keep the tamper-proof seal on a mounting screw on the chassis cover intact, and if you want to open the chassis, contact H3C for permission. Otherwise, H3C shall not be liable for any consequence.
Stop bits—1. Flow control—None. Emulation—VT100. Verify that the console cable is in good condition. If the problem persists, contact H3C Support. Garbled display on the configuration terminal Symptom The configuration terminal has garbled display when the router is powered on.
To resolve the problem: Verify that the serial console cable is in good condition. Verify that the port settings are correct. If the problem persists, contact H3C Support. Interface module failure Symptom An interface module is installed in the router, but the LED for the interface module is not on after the router is powered on.
If you have saved the configuration, delete the configuration file at the CLI or press the RESET button to restore the factory settings. Scenario 3 Symptom The router crashes. Solution Press the RESET button for a short time to reboot the router. Reset button usage guidelines The RESET button is used to reboot the system or restore the factory settings.
Appendix B LEDs Figure 33 RA200 fan tray LEDs (1) Fan status LED (FAN) (2) Severe alarm LED (H) (3) Alarm LED (L) Figure 34 RSU-100 MPU LEDs (1) System status LED (SYS) (2) Clock synchronization LED (SYNC) (3) MPU active/standby status LED (ACT)
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Table 7 LED description Status Description Steady green The memory is performing self-test. Flashing green (8 Hz) The system is starting. Flashing green (1 Hz) The system is operating correctly. System status LED Flashing yellow (8 Hz) The system software image gets lost. (SYS) Flashing yellow (1 Hz) The memory has failed the self-test.
Index A C E F G I L M N P R S T V Mounting the router in a 19-inch rack,10 Mounting the router in an ETSI rack,11 Accessing the router for the first time,20 Mounting the router on a workbench,9 views,30 Chassis...
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Temperature and humidity,2 Verifying the installation,19...