About This Guide; Audience; Purpose; Organization - Cisco MGX MGX 8800 Hardware Installation Manual

About This Guide

This section desribes the audience, purpose, and organization of the Cisco MGX 8800/8900 Series
Hardware Installation Guide. It also explains the conventions used to present information in this guide.

Audience

This guide is intended for use by installers, operators, network designers, and managers responsible for
installing, configuring, or maintaining Cisco MGX switches or media gateways. These users should be
familiar with telecommunications products and networking systems.

Purpose

This hardware installation guide describes how to set up and install the Cisco MGX 8850, Cisco MGX
8850/B, Cisco MGX 8950, Cisco MGX 8830 and Cisco MGX 8830/B switches. It also describes how to
setup and install the MGX 8880 Media Gateway.
After completing the installation procedures covered in this guide, refer to the appropriate related
documents to configure the switch or gateway. Refer to
guidance on which documents to use.

Organization

This guide is organized as follows:
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Releases 2 - 5.2, Part Number OL-4545-01, Rev. H0, May 2006
Chapter 1, "Product Overviews,"
and their related components.
Chapter 2, "Illustrated Card List for MGX Switches and the MGX 8880 Media Gateway,"
an overview of all cards used in Cisco MGX switches and the MGX 8880 Media Gateway from
MGX software Releases 2 through 5.1.
Chapter 3, "Preparing for Installation,"
switch or gateway and its related components.
Chapter 4, "Planning for Card Redundancy, Line Redundancy, and Bulk Distribution,"
how to plan for card redundancy, line redundancy, and bulk distribution.
Chapter 5, "Installing the Cisco MGX Switch or Gateway,"
Cisco MGX chassis, whether in a rack or in a Cisco-supplied cabinet.
"Documentation"
provides an overview of the MGX switches, MGX media gateway,
lists site specifications and tools required for installing each
Cisco MGX 8800/8900 Series Hardware Installation Guide
later in this preface for
contains procedures for installing each
provides
describes
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