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Cisco MGX 8800/8900 Series Hardware Installation Guide
Releases 2 - 5.2, Part Number OL-4545-01, Rev. H0, May 2006
Conventions
• Chapter 6, “Maintaining the Cisco MGX Switch or Gateway,” provides maintenance procedures for
each switch or gateway.
• Appendix A, “Front Card Specifications,” provides technical specifications for cards and modules.
• Appendix B, “Cable Specifications,” provides cabling and pinout information for cables used with
each chassis and its cards.
• Appendix C, “Earthing and Bonding Recommendations,” discusses the techniques and policies that
Cisco practices with regard to DC power, earthing, and bonding of Cisco equipment. It also explains
why these techniques are the best practice.
• Appendix D, “Guide to Transceivers (SFPs) Used with MGX Back Cards,”summarizes the small
form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers used with MGX back cards.
• The glossary defines all acronyms used throughout this guide.
Conventions
This guide uses the conventions listed in this section and in Table 1. MGX switches collectively refers to
all the multiservice switches and gateways documented in this guide.
Table 1 Conventions Used in this Guide
Convention Definition Sample
boldface font Commands and keywords are in boldface.
Also used for names of some elements in a
graphical user interface (GUI).
This is similar to the UNIX
route command.
italic font Arguments for which you supply values are
in italics.
Also used for publication names and for
emphasis.
See the Regulatory Compliance and
Safety Information for Cisco
Multiservice Switch Products (MGX,
BPX, and SES) for further details.
screen font Terminal sessions and information the
system displays are in
screen font.
Are you ready to continue? [Y]
boldface screen
font
Information you must enter is in boldface
screen
font.
Login:
root
Password: <password>
^ The symbol ^ represents the Control key
labeled Ctrl.
^D This key combination in a
screen display means hold down the
Control key while you press the
Dkey.
[ ] Elements in square brackets are optional.
Also used for default responses to system
prompts.
[no] offset-list {in | out} offset
{x | y | z} Alternative keywords are grouped in braces
and separated by vertical bars.
offset-list {in | out} offset
< > Nonprinting characters such as passwords
are in angle brackets.
Password: <cisco123>