Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide 55
Installing the Hardware
Installing the Hardware
This section describes how to perform the following tasks:
• Check the shipping box to ensure that all the parts arrived
• Install the chassis (on a tabletop or in an equipment rack)
• Install the control module
• Install a memory upgrade
• Install the switching fabric module (X-Pedition 8600 only)
• Install line cards
• Install the power supply (either AC or DC)
• Attach console management cables
• Attach port cables

Verifying Your Shipment

Before you begin installing your X-Pedition, check your shipment to ensure that everything you
ordered arrived securely.
Caution: To avoid back strain, be careful when lifting the chassis out of the shipping box.
Open the shipping box(es) and verify that you received the following equipment:
• An X-Pedition 8000 or X-Pedition 8600 chassis containing a backplane, fan module, and a
console cable. The console cable is used for connecting a terminal to the control module DB-9
port.
• An X-Pedition 8000 or X-Pedition 8600 power supply.
• One country-specific power cable per power supply.
• One control module.
• One Switching Fabric Module (X-Pedition 8600 only).
• An X-Pedition Media Kit containing:
– One PCMCIA flash card containing the X-Pedition system software
– One copy of the Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide (the book you are
reading now)
– Release Notes