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Chapter 3 Preparing Your Site for Installation
Receiving a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router
• Disconnect all power and external cables before installing or removing a chassis.
• Do not work alone when potentially hazardous conditions exist.
• Never assume that power has been disconnected from a circuit; always check.
• Do not perform any action that creates a potential hazard to people or makes the equipment unsafe.
Never install equipment that appears damaged.
• Carefully examine your work area for possible hazards such as m oist floors, ungrounded power
extension cables, and missing safety grounds.
In addition, use the guidelines that follow when working with any equipment that is disconnected from
a power source but is still connected to telephone wiring or other network cabling.
• Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm.
• Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for wet
locations.
• Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or terminals unless the telephone line has been
disconnected at the network interface.
• Use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.
Warning
Do not work on the system or connect or disconnect cables during periods of lightning activity.
Statement 1001
Receiving a Cisco ASR 1000 Series Router
Each Cisco ASR1000 Series chassis is shipped in a container that is strapped to a pallet as illustrated in
Figure 3-2.