Nortel Networks 2700 User Manual
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Chapter 1 Installing the Nortel VPN Router 2700 chassis
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Installing the chassis in an equipment rack
To mount the VPN Router 2700 in an equipment rack, you need the following
equipment:
equipment:
•
a standard 19-inch equipment rack
•
four screws (supplied with the chassis)
•
four cage nuts (supplied with the chassis) if the rack does not have threaded
rail holes
rail holes
•
a #2 Phillips screwdriver
Rack-mount recommendations
When you mount the chassis in the rack, observe the following standard
recommendations:
recommendations:
•
Ensure that the internal temperature of the rack does not exceed the maximum
recommended ambient temperature of 40
recommended ambient temperature of 40
o
C (104
o
F).
•
Do not block the power supply vents or otherwise restrict air flow when you
install the chassis in a rack.
install the chassis in a rack.
•
Stabilize your rack so that it does not tip over under the weight of the gateway
and other devices.
and other devices.
•
Ensure that the electrical branch circuits can handle the VPN Router 2700 and
other units in the rack before you install and turn on the gateway.
other units in the rack before you install and turn on the gateway.
•
Maintain a reliable earth-ground path in the rack system. The gateway is
intended to connect to an earth ground.
intended to connect to an earth ground.
Attaching the shelf in the equipment rack
The VPN Router 2700 ships with a rack-mount shelf to support the chassis in the
equipment rack.
equipment rack.
To attach the shelf to the inside of the equipment rack:
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If the holes in the rack’s vertical supports are not threaded, attach a cage nut in
four locations at the front of the rack (
four locations at the front of the rack (
).