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Contents
Compliance Information.......................................................................................................................................6
Radio and TV Interference..................................................................................................................................... 6
Industry Canada Notice.......................................................................................................................................... 6
FCC Information................................................................................................................................................... 6
FCC Part 68 Compliance Statement...................................................................................................................... 7
CE Notice.............................................................................................................................................................. 7
About this guide.....................................................................................................................................................8
Audience................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Structure................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Precautions............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Typographical conventions used in this document .................................................................................................. 9
General conventions .........................................................................................................................................9
Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................10
1Introduction..................................................................................................................................................11
Model 2960/2996 Remote Access Server overview................................................................................................12
Hardware overview................................................................................................................................................13
WAN ..............................................................................................................................................................13
LAN ...............................................................................................................................................................13
Signaling .........................................................................................................................................................14
Modems ..........................................................................................................................................................14
RS-232 control port ........................................................................................................................................14
Power system ..................................................................................................................................................14
Central processing unit ...................................................................................................................................14
Temperature ...................................................................................................................................................14
Altitude ...........................................................................................................................................................14
Humidity ........................................................................................................................................................14
Physical dimensions ........................................................................................................................................15
Security ...........................................................................................................................................................15
Management services ......................................................................................................................................15
LED display ....................................................................................................................................................16
Approvals..............................................................................................................................................................17
Software overview..................................................................................................................................................18
2Hardware installation....................................................................................................................................19
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................................20
Unpacking the Model 2960/2996 RAS.................................................................................................................20
RAS chassis installation..........................................................................................................................................20
Cable installation...................................................................................................................................................21
Attaching the cable retainer clip ......................................................................................................................21
Installing the power cables ..............................................................................................................................21
Grounding the Model 2960/2996 ...................................................................................................................22