Follow these steps to connect a cable to a copper Gigabit Ethernet port:
Step 1
Confirm that the router is powered off.
Step 2
Connect one end of the cable to the Gigabit Ethernet port on the router.
Step 3
Connect the other end to the BTS patch or demarcation panel at your site.
Connecting Cables to SFP Modules
For information on connecting cables to Cisco optical and Ethernet SFP interfaces, see:
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/partner/products/hw/modules/ps5455/prod_installation_guides_list.html.
Connecting T1/E1 Cables
The physical layer interface for the Cisco ASR 902 Router T1/E1 port is a customer-installed high-density
connector. The high-density connector has thumbscrews that should be screwed into the interface when the
cable is installed.
The figure below shows the T1/E1 cable connector, and Figure 3-28 shows the connection between the T1/E1
interface and the patch panel.
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