Installing the Cisco VG450 Voice Gateway
Mount Cisco VG450 Voice Gateway Chassis in Rack
Warning
To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take special precautions to
ensure that the system remains stable. The following guidelines are provided to ensure your safety:
• This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
• When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the top with the
• If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or servicing the
You can install the Cisco VG450 Voice Gateway in 19-inch (48.26-cm) EIA and 23-inch (58.42-cm)
Southwestern Bell Corporation (SBC) racks. You can also mount the voice gateway in a 600-mm ETSI rack.
Use the standard brackets shipped with the hardware for mounting the chassis in a 19-inch EIA rack; you can
order optional larger brackets for mounting the chassis in a 23-inch SBC rack.
You can mount the voice gateway in the following ways:
• Center-front mounting: Brackets attached in the center front of the chassis with only the front panel
• Center-back mounting: Brackets attached in the center back of the chassis with only the back panel facing
• Front mounting: Brackets attached at the front of the chassis with the front panel facing forward.
• Back mounting: Brackets attached at the back of the chassis with the back panel facing forward.
1. Attach the mounting brackets to the chassis as shown in the following images, using the screws provided.
Caution
Do not over-torque the screws. The recommended torque is 15 to 18 inch-lb (1.7 to 2.0 N-m).
2. Attach the second bracket to the opposite side of the chassis. Use a number-2 Phillips screwdriver to
install the number-8 bracket screws.
Caution
Your chassis installation must allow unrestricted airflow for chassis cooling.
heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
unit in the rack. Statement 1006.
facing forward.
forward.
Mount Cisco VG450 Voice Gateway Chassis in Rack
Installing the Cisco VG450 Voice Gateway
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