Overview
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Director 2/140 Installation Guide
Figure 7: Null modem cable
Tools Supplied by Service Personnel
The following tools are expected to be supplied by service personnel performing
director installation or maintenance actions. Use of the tools may be required to
perform one or more test, service, or verification tasks.
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Scissors or pocket knife—A sharp cutting edge (scissors or knife blade) may
be required to cut the protective strapping when unpacking replacement
FRUs.
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Standard flat-tip and cross-tip (Phillips) screwdrivers—Screwdrivers are
required to remove, replace, adjust or tighten various FRUs, chassis, or
cabinet components.
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T10 Torx
®
tool—The tool is required to rack-mount the director or to
remove, replace, adjust, or tighten various chassis or cabinet components.
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding cable with attached wrist
strap—Use of the ESD wrist strap is required when working in and around
the director card cage.
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Maintenance terminal (desktop or notebook PC)—The PC is required to
configure director network addresses and acquire event log information
through the maintenance port. The PC must have:
— The Microsoft
®
Windows 98
®
, Windows
2000
®
, Windows 2003
®
,
Windows XP
®
, or Windows ME
®
operating system installed.
— RS-232 serial communication software (such as ProComm Plus™ or
HyperTerminal™) installed. HyperTerminal is provided with Windows
operating systems.