Two-Post Rack Installation - Cisco ASR 1013 Quick Start Manual

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Table Of Contents

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To install the chassis in a four-post rack, complete the following steps:

Step 1

Make sure the rack brakes are locked or the rack is stabilized.

Mount the chassis by securing the rack-mount brackets to two posts or mounting strips in the rack using the screws

Step 2

provided.

On the chassis, ensure that all screw fasteners on the installed components are securely tightened.

Step 3

Step 4

Make sure that your path to the rack is unobstructed.

(Optional) Install a shelf in the rack to support the Cisco ASR 1013 Router.

Step 5

Lift the chassis into position between the rack posts (requires two people).

Step 6

Align the mounting bracket holes with the rack post holes and attach the chassis to the rack. At this point, if there is a

Step 7

third person, then that person can insert the screws while the other two people hold that chassis in place, unless the

chassis is resting on a shelf).

Position the chassis until the rack-mounting ears are flush against the mounting rails on the rack.

Step 8

Hold the chassis in position against the mounting rails and follow these steps:

Step 9

a. Insert the bottom screw into the third hole up from the bottom of the rack mount ear and use a hand-held screwdriver

to tighten the screw to the rack rail.

b. Insert the top screw into the third hole down from the top of the rack-mount bracket ear and tighten the screw to the

rack rail.

c. Insert a screw in the middle of the rack-mount bracket on both sides of the chassis. See

the other side of the chassis.

As a result of using the specified rack-mount bracket ear holes, the cable-management bracket can be easily

Note

attached to the rack-mount bracket when the chassis is in the rack.

This completes the procedure for installing the chassis in the four-post rack. Proceed to the

Bracket" section on page 9