Connecting the Line Card Cables
Cisco 12008 Gigabit Switch Router Installation and Configuration Guide
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To install the network interface cables in the cable-management system and connect the
cables to the line cards, perform the following steps:
Step1 Attach an antistatic ESD wrist strap to your wrist; ensure that it makes good
contact with your skin.
Step2 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. Figure1-2
shows the location of this socket in the body of the router enclosure.
Step3 Beginning with the left-most line card in the upper card cage, identify the
interface cables that attach to this line card.
Step4 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.
Step5 Starting with the bottom port (on multiport line cards only), connect the
interface cable to the port (see Figure3-6a).
Step6 Carefully press the interface cable into the cable keeper clip nearest the port of
connection (see Figure3-6b).
Make sure that you do not introduce any sharp bends or kinks into the cable in
securing the cable to the keeper clip.
Step7 Carefully press the cable into the bottom of the raceway in the vertical cable-
management bracket (see Figure3-6c).
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.
Step8 Repeat the procedure in Step4 through Step 7 for the remaining ports on the left-
most line card.