CHAPTER 4
Install the Device
Before you begin this task, ensure that you have read and understood the safety warnings in the Standard
Warning Statements section of the Safety Warnings handout.
Installing the Cisco N540-24Q8L2DD-SYS involves these tasks:
• Rack Compatibility, on page 27
• Set up Device on Rack, on page 30
• Ground the Device, on page 35
• Install the AC Power Cables, on page 36
• Install the DC Power Cables, on page 38
• Port Connection Guidelines , on page 39
• Connect to the Console Port , on page 40
• Connect to the Management Ethernet Port, on page 42
• Connecting Timing Cables, on page 43
• Connecting a Cable to the GNSS Antenna Interface, on page 44
• Install and Remove Transceiver Module, on page 45
• Install and Remove QSFP+, QSFP28, or QSFP-DD Transceiver Modules, on page 49
• Removing the 40-Gigabit QSFP+, 100-Gigabit QSFP28, or 200/400-Gigabit QSFP-DD Transceiver
Module, on page 54
• Connect Interface Ports, on page 55
• Maintain Transceivers and Optical Cables, on page 56
Rack Compatibility
We recommend that you follow these rack specifications.
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