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Cisco MGX 8950 Hardware Installation Guide
Release 3, Part Number 78-14147-02 Rev. A0, November 2002
Chapter 2 Preparing for Installation
Site Requirements
• Inspect the card for irregular holes or off-center pin insertion prongs on the connector (see
Figure 2-2). If the connector has irregular holes or off-center prongs, do not install the card.
Installing a card that has a damaged connector damages the backplane.
Figure 2-2 Damaged Connectors on Card
Site Requirements
This section describes requirements for the site where the Cisco MGX 8950 switch is to be installed.
Before you install the Cisco MGX 8950 switch, ensure that all the criteria in this section are met. The
section describes the following site requirements:
• Environmental, page 2-11
• Power, page 2-17
• Rack-Mounting, page 2-20
Irregular holes
Backplane pin
Side viewTop view
Prongs
Badly spaced prong
(not equidistant)
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