Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide
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Installing the Hardware
Installing the Hardware
This section describes how to perform the following tasks:
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Check the shipping box to ensure that all the parts arrived
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Install the chassis (on a tabletop or in an equipment rack)
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Install the control module
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Install a memory upgrade
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Install the switching fabric module (X-Pedition 8600 only)
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Install line cards
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Install the power supply (either AC or DC)
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Attach console management cables
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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:
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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.
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An X-Pedition 8000 or X-Pedition 8600 power supply.
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One country-specific power cable per power supply.
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One control module.
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One Switching Fabric Module (X-Pedition 8600 only).
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An X-Pedition Media Kit containing:
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One PCMCIA flash card containing the X-Pedition system software
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One copy of the Enterasys X-Pedition 8000/8600 Getting Started Guide (the book you are
reading now)
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Release Notes
Summary of Contents for 8000/8600
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