Cisco Systems Cisco 12008 manual Connecting the Line Card Cables

Connecting the Line Card Cables

To install the network interface cables in the cable-management system and connect the cables to the line cards, perform the following steps:

Step 1 Attach an antistatic ESD wrist strap to your wrist; ensure that it makes good contact with your skin.

Step 2 Insert the equipment end of the wrist strap (the banana jack) into the ESD connection socket near the lower left corner of the upper card cage. Figure 1-2 shows the location of this socket in the body of the router enclosure.

Step 3 Beginning with the left-most line card in the upper card cage, identify the interface cables that attach to this line card.

Step 4 Select one interface cable at a time and carefully route it through the left end of the horizontal cable-management tray and down through the vertical cable- management bracket to the appropriate line card port.

Note On multiport line cards, the interface cables should be routed down through the vertical cable-management bracket to the appropriate ports on the card faceplate, starting with the bottom port and working upward.

Step 5 Starting with the bottom port (on multiport line cards only), connect the interface cable to the port (see Figure 3-6a).

Step 6 Carefully press the interface cable into the cable keeper clip nearest the port of connection (see Figure 3-6b).

Make sure that you do not introduce any sharp bends or kinks into the cable in securing the cable to the keeper clip.

Step 7 Carefully press the cable into the bottom of the raceway in the vertical cable- management bracket (see Figure 3-6c).

Again, make sure that you do not introduce any kinks or sharp bends in the interface cable. The cable should lie in the bottom of the raceway without slack.

Step 8 Repeat the procedure in Step 4 through Step 7 for the remaining ports on the left- most line card.

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