Install the Hardware
Prepare to Install the Router
Note
For detailed hardware installation
instructions and safety guidelines, refer to the Cisco
7500 Series Router Installation and Configuration
Guide, Site Preparation and Safety Guide, and the
Cisco 7500 Regulatory Compliance and Safety
Guide.
Warning
personnel should install, replace, or service
this equipment.
Step 1
Lift the router safely out of the packing
container.
Step 2
Ensure the power service at the site is
suitable for the router you are installing.
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Step 3
Check the packing slip to ensure that all
the proper components are present.
Step 4
Confirm that you have the required tools
and parts:
For rack-mounting (optional):
•
Number 1 and Number 2 Phillips screwdrivers
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1/4-inch and 3/16-inch flat-blade screwdrivers
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Tape measure
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Level (optional)
•
Two mounting brackets (identical), each with an
attached spanner bar
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Two chassis ears with captive grommets
(identical)
•
Four M4 x 10-mm Phillips flat-head screws to
secure the ears to the chassis
Only trained and qualified
•
Twelve 10-32 x 5/8-inch LG Phillips pan-head
screws with integral square cone washers
For cable-management brackets:
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Number 1 Phillips screwdriver
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Two cable-management brackets
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Six M3 x 8-mm Phillips pan-head screws
For interface modules:
•
Number 1 Phillips or 3/16-inch flat-blade
screwdriver
For DC-Input Power Supply:
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Twin-lead, 10-AWG cable terminal block
connection
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Single 8-AWG wire for the ground connection
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3/16-inch flat-blade screwdriver
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8-mm nut driver