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Chapter 2 Quick Installation Procedures
Installing Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx Hardware
Installing Cross Connect Drawers
The process for installing the cable storage and cross connect drawers is the same. The order of
placement beneath the chassis is important, and the drawers should be installed in the following order
from top to bottom:
a. Cable storage drawer
b. Cross connect drawer
c. Cross connect drawer
d. Cable storage drawer
e. Cross connect drawer
f. Cross connect drawer
The first cable storage drawer can be used for direct connections and for connections that use the first
and second cross connect drawers. Each cable storage drawer stores cables for two cross connect
drawers.
The cross connect and cable storage drawers ship with the rack mount ears already installed. To install
the cross connect and cable storage drawers into the rack, follow these steps:
Step 1 Hold the drawer with both hands and position the drawer in the rack beneath the chassis. All drawers
following this first one can be stacked directly underneath each other.
Step 2 Align the mounting holes on the bracket with the mounting holes in the equipment rack.
Step 3 Install the 12-24 or 10-32 screws through the elongated holes in the brackets and into the threaded holes
in the mounting post. Repeat this step for the other side.
Installing the Adapters in the Cross Connect Drawers
The cross connect drawers for the Cisco ONS 15540 ESPx ship bare and require installation of the
adapters into your cross connect panels. You must have these adapters for cross connecting cables in
your system.
To install adapters into the cross connect panels, follow these steps:
Step 1 Open the cross connect drawer.
Step 2 Lock the drawer in the open position by pushing the lever at the back left of the drawer down into the
locked position.
Step 3 Pull up the cross connect panel by flipping up the latches and using them to pull up the panel
simultaneously.
Step 4 Remove the adapter from its packaging.
Step 5 Insert the adapter into the panel from the front.
Step 6 Flip the latches down and push the panel down when all desired adapters have been installed.