Cisco Systems Cisco 7507, Cisco 7000 Installation, Installing the Brackets

Installation

Installation

The following sections describe the procedures for mounting the chassis in a 19-inch equipment rack with two or four mounting posts. Before proceeding, review the guidelines and recommendations in the section “Prerequisites” on page 7 to protect your safety, to maintain sufficient clearance around the rack during and after the installation, and to ensure proper airflow through the chassis after the installation.

Warning To avoid potentially serious bodily injury, this procedure requires two or more people to perform.

Some equipment racks provide a power strip along the length of one of the rear mounting strips. If your rack has this feature, we recommend that you fasten the brackets and install the interface processor end of the chassis at the opposite side of the rack.

Installing the Brackets

The two brackets are identical. The inner side of each bracket has a ledge at the bottom to support the undersides of the chassis, and shielding to provide electrical isolation between the chassis and the rack. A flange on the front of each bracket provides five mounting holes at the top, and three at the bottom. Mount the bracket with the flange in front of the rack post, and with the inner (shielded) side facing the center of the rack. The ledge should be at the bottom of the bracket. (See Figure 9.)

Figure 9 Positioning a Bracket

Flange

Rack post

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16Cisco 7000 and Cisco 7507 Rack-Mount Kit Installation Instructions