About This Guide vii
This section discusses document objectives, targeted audience, document organization, document
conventions, terms and acronyms, and additiona l documentation available.
Document Objectives
This document describes the initial site preparation, hardware installation, and troubleshooting of
the Cisco AS5800 universal access server (CiscoAS5800), which consists of the Cisco5814 dial
shelf and the Cisco7206 router shelf. Also included is information describing the hardware
components, including dial shelf cards, dial shelf controller cards, blower assembly, maintenance
monitors, power supplies, and cables.
Audience This publication is designed for the system technician who is responsible for installing the
CiscoAS5800. The system technician should be familiar with electronic circuitry and wiring
practices and have experience as an electronic or electrom echanical technician. It is assumed that the
system technician has experience with the installation of high -end networking equipment.
This publication does not include software configuration instructions for the CiscoAS5800. For
software configuration, refer to the Cisco AS5800 Universal Access Server Softwar e Installation and
Configuration Guide that shipped with your access server. The Cisco AS5800 Universal Access
Server Software Installation and Configuration Guide will be replaced by the Cisco AS5800
Universal Access Server Operation, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning Guide,
available later this year .
This publication does not address the specific dial shelf cards for the Cis co AS5800. For specific
information about the dial shelf cards, refer to the Ci sco AS58 00 Uni ver sal Acces s Serv er Di al Shelf
Card Guide that shipped with your access server.
For a complete description of CiscoIOS software, refer to the Cisco IOS configuration guides and
command references and to the documents listed in the section “Related Documentation” in this
chapter.