Preparing Your Site For Installation; Prerequisites And Preparation - Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Hardware Installation Manual

Preparing Your Site for Installation

This chapter contains important safety information you should know before working with working with the
Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms and guides you through the process of preparingyour site for router
installation.
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Prerequisites and Preparation

Before you perform the procedures in this guide, we recommend that you:
• Read the safety guidelines in the next section and review the electrical safety and ESD-prevention
• Ensure that you have all of the necessary tools and equipment (see the
• Ensure that you have access to the Cisco Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platforms Software Configuration
• Ensure that the power and cabling requirements are in place at your installation site.
• Ensure that the equipment required to install the router is available.
• Ensure that your installation site meets the environmental conditions to maintain normal operation.
Before installing the router, you must consider power and cabling requirements that must be in place at your
installation site, special equipment for installing the router, and the environmental conditions your installation
site must meet to maintain normal operation.
Prerequisites and Preparation, on page 9
Safety Guidelines, on page 10
Cautions and Regulatory Compliance Statements for NEBS, on page 11
Standard Warning Statements, on page 12
Site Planning, on page 15
Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage, on page 21
Electrical Safety, on page 21
Chassis-Lifting Guidelines, on page 22
Tools and Equipment, on page 22
Unpacking and Verifying Shipping Contents, on page 23
guidelines in this guide.
Guide (an online document that is available for viewing or download at Cisco.com) during the installation.
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