Tools and Equipment Required
Tools and Equipment Required
Cabling Options
Cisco Redundant Power System Hardware Installation Guide
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You might need to order the following equipment:
One-to-one 22-pin to 8-pin cable—Needed for Cisco 2500 series routers and
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Cisco MC3810 multiservice concentrators
Y-cable—Needed for fully redundant power configurations
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Upgrade kit—Needed for routers that originally came with AC or DC power
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supplies (Cisco 2500 and Cisco 2600 series routers; Cisco 3620, Cisco 3640,
and Cisco 3725 routers; Cisco 4000 series routers; and the Cisco MC3810
multiservice concentrator)
The external devices have different configuration and cabling options outlined
below and are discussed in detail under the referenced section of this manual:
The Cisco 1516M hub (HP 10BASE-T Hub-16M) only supports a one-to-one
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cable for quasi-redundant configuration. This hub does not support
connection of its AC power cable for redundancy with reboot or the use of the
Y-cable for full redundancy.
FastHub 400 series 100BASE-T hubs support:
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One-to-one cable for quasi-redundancy
One-to-one cable with the switch AC power cable connected for
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redundancy with reboot (not recommended)
Refer to the
"Connecting Hubs" section on page 4-2
procedures.
Catalyst 1900 series switches, Catalyst 2820 switches, Catalyst 2900 series
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XL switches, and Catalyst 3500 series XL switches support:
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One-to-one cable for quasi-redundancy
One-to-one cable with the switch AC power cable connected for
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redundancy with reboot (not recommended)
See the
"Connecting Switches" section on page 4-6
procedures.
Chapter 3
Connection Requirements
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