C H A P T E R 2

Preinstallation Requirements and Planning

This document describes site requirements and equipment needed to install your Cisco IAD2801. It
includes the following sections:
• Safety Recommendations, page 2-1
• General Site Requirements, page 2-3
• Installation Checklist, page 2-4
• Creating a Site Log, page 2-5
• Inspecting the Router, page 2-6
• Required Tools and Equipment for Installation and Maintenance, page 2-6

Warning Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service this equipment.
Statement 1030

Safety Recommendations
Follow these guidelines to ensure general safety:
• Keep the chassis area clear and dust-free during and after installation.
• If you remove the chassis cover, put it in a safe place.
• Keep tools and chassis components away from walk areas.
• Do not wear loose clothing that could get caught in the chassis. Fasten your tie or scarf and roll up
your sleeves.
• Wear safety glasses when working under conditions that might be hazardous to your eyes.
• Do not perform any action that creates a hazard to people or makes the equipment unsafe.

Note For safety information you must know before working on your Cisco router, see the Cisco 2800 and
Cisco 3800 Series Integrated Services Routers Regulatory Compliance and Safety Information
document.

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Safety Recommendations

Safety with Electricity

Warning Read the installation instructions before connecting the system to the power source. Statement 1004

Follow these guidelines when working on equipment powered by electricity:

• Locate the emergency power-off switch in the room in which you are working. Then, if an electrical
accident occurs, you can quickly turn off the power.
• Disconnect all power before doing the following:
– Installing or removing a chassis
– Working near power supplies
• Look carefully for possible hazards in your work area, such as moist floors, ungrounded power
extension cables, frayed power cords, and missing safety grounds.
• Do not work alone if hazardous conditions exist.
• Never assume that power is disconnected from a circuit. Always check.
• Never open the enclosure of the router’s internal power supply.
• If an electrical accident occurs, proceed as follows:
– Use caution; do not become a victim yourself.
– Turn off power to the device.
– If possible, send another person to get medical aid. Otherwise, assess the victim’s condition and
then call for help.
– Determine if the person needs rescue breathing or external cardiac compressions; then take
appropriate action.
In addition, use the following guidelines when working with any equipment that is disconnected from a
power source, but still connected to telephone wiring or other network cabling:
• Never install telephone wiring during a lightning storm.
• Never install telephone jacks in wet locations unless the jack is specifically designed for it.
• Never touch uninsulated telephone wires or terminals unless the telephone line is disconnected at
the network interface.
• Use caution when installing or modifying telephone lines.

Preventing Electrostatic Discharge Damage

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage equipment and impair electrical circuitry. It can occur if
electronic printed circuit cards are improperly handled and can cause complete or intermittent failures.
Always follow ESD prevention procedures when removing and replacing modules:
• Ensure that the router chassis is electrically connected to earth ground.
• Wear an ESD-preventive wrist strap, ensuring that it makes good skin contact. Connect the clip to
an unpainted surface of the chassis frame to channel unwanted ESD voltages safely to ground. To
guard against ESD damage and shocks, the wrist strap and cord must operate effectively.
• If no wrist strap is available, ground yourself by touching a metal part of the chassis.

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Caution For the safety of your equipment, periodically check the resistance value of the antistatic strap. It should
be between 1 and 10 megohms (Mohm).

General Site Requirements

This section describes the requirements your site must meet for safe installation and operation of your
router. Ensure that the site is properly prepared before beginning installation. If you are experiencing
shutdowns or unusually high errors with your existing equipment, this section can also help you isolate
the cause of failures and prevent future problems.

Power Supply Considerations

Check the power at your site to ensure that you are receiving “clean” power (free of spikes and noise).
Install a power conditioner if necessary.
The AC power supply includes the following features:
• Autoselects either 110 V or 220 V operation.
• All units include a 6-foot (1.8-meter) electrical power cord. (A label near the power inlet indicates
the correct voltage frequency, current draw, and power dissipation for the unit.)

Site Environment
Cisco IAD2801 series integrated access devices can be placed on a desktop or installed in a rack. The
location of your router and the layout of your equipment rack or wiring room are extremely important
considerations for proper operation. Equipment placed too close together, inadequate ventilation, and
inaccessible panels can cause malfunctions and shutdowns, and can make maintenance difficult. Plan for
access to both front and rear panels of the router.
When planning your site layout and equipment locations, remember the precautions described in the next
section “Site Configuration,” to help avoid equipment failures and reduce the possibility of
environmentally caused shutdowns. If you are currently experiencing shutdowns or an unusually high
number of errors with your existing equipment, these precautions may help you isolate the cause of the
failures and prevent future problems.

Site Configuration
The following precautions will help you plan an acceptable operating environment for your router and
will help you avoid environmentally caused equipment failures:
• Ensure that the room where your router operates has adequate air circulation. Electrical equipment
generates heat. Without adequate air circulation, ambient air temperature may not cool equipment
to acceptable operating temperatures.
• Always follow ESD-prevention procedures described in the “Preventing Electrostatic Discharge
Damage” section on page 2-2 to avoid damage to equipment. Damage from static discharge can
cause immediate or intermittent equipment failure.

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• Ensure that the chassis cover and module rear panels are secure. All empty network module slots,
interface card slots, and power supply bays must have filler panels installed. The chassis is designed
to allow cooling air to flow within it, through specially designed cooling slots. A chassis with
uncovered openings permits air leaks, which may interrupt and reduce the flow of air across internal
components.

Equipment Racks
Cisco IAD2801 series integrated access devices include brackets for use with a 19-inch rack.

Note Brackets for a 23-inch rack are not available for Cisco IAD2801 series integrated access devices.

The following information will help you plan your equipment rack configuration:
• Allow clearance around the rack for maintenance.
• Allow at least one rack unit of vertical space between routers.
• Enclosed racks must have adequate ventilation. Ensure that the rack is not congested, because each
router generates heat. An enclosed rack should have louvered sides and a fan to provide cooling air.
Heat generated by equipment near the bottom of the rack can be drawn upward into the intake ports
of the equipment above.
• When mounting a chassis in an open rack, ensure that the rack frame does not block the intake or
exhaust ports. If the chassis is installed on slides, check the position of the chassis when it is seated
into the rack.
• Baffles can help to isolate exhaust air from intake air, which also helps to draw cooling air through
the chassis. The best placement of the baffles depends on the airflow patterns in the rack, which can
be found by experimenting with different configurations.
• When equipment installed in a rack (particularly in an enclosed rack) fails, try operating the
equipment by itself, if possible. Power off other equipment in the rack (and in adjacent racks) to
allow the router under test a maximum of cooling air and clean power.

Installation Checklist
The sample installation checklist lists items and procedures for installing a new router. Make a copy of
this checklist and mark the entries when completed. Include a copy of the checklist for each router in
your Site Log (described in the next section, “Creating a Site Log”).

Installation checklist for site_____________________________________________

Router name_______________________________________________________

Task Verified by Date

Installation Checklist copied
Background information placed in Site Log
Site power voltages verified
Installation site power check completed

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Installation checklist for site_____________________________________________

Router name_______________________________________________________

Task Verified by Date

Required tools available
Additional equipment available
Router received
Product registration card received
Cisco.com contact information label received
Chassis components verified
Initial electrical connections established
ASCII terminal (for local configuration) or
modem (for remote configuration) available
Signal distance limits verified
Startup sequence steps completed
Initial operation verified
Software image verified

Creating a Site Log

The Site Log provides a record of all actions related to the router. Keep it in an accessible place near the
chassis where anyone who performs tasks has access to it. Use the Installation Checklist to verify steps
in the installation and maintenance of the router. Site Log entries might include the following
information:
• Installation progress—Make a copy of the Installation Checklist and insert it into the Site Log. Make
entries as each procedure is completed.
• Upgrade and maintenance procedures—Use the Site Log as a record of ongoing router maintenance
and expansion history. A Site Log might include the following events:
– Installation of network modules
– Removal or replacement of network modules and other upgrades
– Configuration changes
– Maintenance schedules and requirements
– Maintenance procedures performed
– Intermittent problems
– Comments and notes

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Inspecting the Router

Do not unpack the router until you are ready to install it. If the final installation site will not be ready
for some time, keep the chassis in its shipping container to prevent accidental damage. When you are
ready to install the router, proceed with unpacking it.
The router, cables, publications, and any optional equipment you ordered may be shipped in more than
one container. When you unpack the containers, check the packing list to ensure that you received all the
following items:
• Router
• 6-foot (1.8-meter) power cord for AC power)
• Rubber feet for desktop mounting
• Rack-mount brackets with screws for 19-inch racks
• Cable management bracket
• RJ-45-to-DB-9 console cable
• DB-9-to-DB-25 connector adapter
• Optional equipment (such as network connection cables or additional rack-mount brackets)
Inspect all items for shipping damage. If anything appears to be damaged, or if you encounter problems
installing or configuring your router, contact customer service. Warranty, service, and support
information is in the quick start guide that shipped with your router.

Required Tools and Equipment for Installation and Maintenance

You need the following tools and equipment to install and upgrade the router and its components:
• ESD-preventive cord and wrist strap
• Number 2 Phillips screwdriver
• Flat-blade screwdrivers: small, 3/16-in. (4 - 5 mm) and medium, 1/4-in. (6 - 7 mm)
– To install or remove modules
– To remove the cover, if you are upgrading memory or other components
• Screws that fit your rack
• Wire crimper
• Wire for connecting the chassis to an earth ground:
– AWG 6 (13 mm2) wire for NEBS-compliant chassis grounding
– AWG 14 (2 mm2) or larger wire for NEC-compliant chassis grounding
– AWG 18 (1 mm2) or larger wire for EN/IEC 60950-compliant chassis grounding
• For NEC-compliant grounding, an appropriate user-supplied ring terminal, with an inner diameter
of 1/4 in. (5-7 mm)
In addition, depending on the type of modules you plan to use, you might need the following equipment
to connect a port to an external network:
• Cables for connection to the WAN and LAN ports (dependent on configuration)

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Note For more information on cable specifications, refer to the online document Cisco Modular
Access Router Cable Specifications on Cisco.com.

• Ethernet hub or PC with a network interface card for connection to an Ethernet (LAN) port.
• Console terminal (an ASCII terminal or a PC running HyperTerminal or similar terminal emulation
software) configured for 9600 baud, 8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no flow control, and no parity.
• Modem for connection to the auxiliary port for remote administrative access (optional).

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