Cisco Systems UBR7225VXR specifications Equipment Required to Verify Your Plant’s RF Setup

Chapter 2 Preparing the Cisco uBR7225VXR Router for Installation

Equipment Required to Verify Your Plant’s RF Setup

Equipment Required to Verify Your Plant’s RF Setup

To verify your plant’s RF setup, you need the following:

•RF spectrum analyzer

•For coaxial cabling:

–Diplex filters/splitters

–Coaxial cable crimping tool

–New coaxial cable

–Coaxial jumpers that are at least 2 to 3 feet long (maximum of 5 feet)

•For fiber networks, optical receivers for each upstream optical path

•Assorted RF attenuators (with at least two 20-dB attenuators)

Note For headend RF and data setups, refer to Chapter 4, “Connecting the Cisco uBR7225VXR Router to the Cable Headend.” Refer to Appendix F, “Manufacturers for Headend Provisioning Requirements,” for a list of manufacturers. Refer to Appendix C, “Cable Specifications,” for coaxial cabling specifications.

In addition, you might need the following:

•Crossover Ethernet cable with RJ-45 connectors—If you plan to connect a computer directly to an Ethernet port in the Cisco uBR7225VXR router, you need this type of cable.

•Fast Ethernet transceiver.

•DOCSIS cable modem or DOCSIS-based STB and CPE devices to test full system functionality.

Note When the Cisco uBR7225VXR router starts running, IF downstream output is generated. For more

information, see the “Powering On the Cisco uBR7225VXR Router” section on page 3-18.

Shipping Container Contents

When you receive your Cisco uBR7225VXR universal broadband router, use the following procedure to check the contents of the shipping container. Use the Cisco uBR7225VXR Router Installation Checklist or the “Component Checklists” section on page 2-18to ensure you received all the components that you ordered.

Note Do not discard the shipping container. You will need the container if you move or ship your Cisco uBR7225VXR router in the future.

Verifying the Shipping Container Contents

Step 1 Verify that the following are included in the shipping container (the accessories box might be separate):

•One Cisco uBR7225VXR universal broadband router chassis containing all of the components you ordered for your system (except the rack-mount and cable-management kit)

Cisco uBR7225VXR Universal Broadband Router Hardware Installation Guide

OL-17309-02 2-9