Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation And Reference Guide

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Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Hardware Installation and Reference Guide
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Required Tools and Equipment 4-4
Attaching the Bottom-Support Rails 4-4
Installing the Chassis 4-7
Prerequisites for Installing the Chassis 4-7
Required Tools and Equipment 4-8
Installing the Chassis 4-9
Grounding the Cisco Nexus 7018 Chassis 4-12
Prerequisites for Grounding the Chassis 4-12
Required Tools and Equipment 4-12
Connecting the System Ground 4-13
Connecting Your ESD Wrist Strap to the Chassis 4-14
Installing the Cable Management Frame 4-15
Installing the Front Door and Air Intake Frame 4-20
Installing and Formatting CompactFlash Cards 4-30
CHAPTER 5 Installing Power Supply Units 5-1
Installing Power Supply Units 5-1
Connecting an AC Power Supply Unit to AC Power Sources 5-2
Prerequisites for Connecting AC Power Supply Units to AC Power Sources 5-3
Required Tools and Equipment 5-3
Connecting a 6-kW AC Power Supply Unit to AC Power Sources 5-3
Connecting a 7.5-kW AC Power Supply Unit to AC Power Sources 5-4
Connecting a DC Power Supply Unit to DC Power Sources 5-5
Grounding a 6-kW DC Power Supply Unit 5-5
Prerequisites for Grounding a DC Power Supply Unit 5-5
Required Tools and Equipment 5-6
Connecting a DC Power Supply Unit to the Earth Ground 5-6
Connecting a DC Power Supply Unit Directly to DC Power Sources 5-7
Connecting a Power Supply Unit to DC Power Sources though a Power Interface Unit 5-11
Required Tools and Equipment 5-13
Installing the PIU in a Rack 5-13
Grounding the PIU 5-15
Connecting the DC Power Supply Unit to a Power Source through a PIU 5-16
CHAPTER 6 Connecting the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switch to the Network 6-1
Preparing for Connections 6-1
Required Tools and Equipment 6-1
Connecting to the Console 6-2

Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Specifications

General

Chassis	Modular
Operating System	Cisco NX-OS
Latency	Sub-microsecond
IPv6 Support	Yes
Redundancy	Power supplies, fans, supervisors, fabric modules
Power Supply	AC or DC
Layer Support	L2, L3
Network Management	CLI, SNMP
Virtualization	VRF, vPC
Ports	10 Gigabit Ethernet, 40 Gigabit Ethernet, 100 Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Supported Modules	Various (1G, 10G, 40G, 100G)
Features	FCoE, OTV, LISP
MPLS Support	Yes
Quality of Service (QoS)	Yes
Security Features	ACLs, Cisco TrustSec, Control Plane Policing (CoPP)
Dimensions	Varies by model
Weight	Varies by model
Operating Temperature	0 to 40°C (32 to 104°F)
Storage Temperature	-40°F to 158°F (-40°C to 70°C)
Humidity	5 to 95% noncondensing
MTBF	Varies by model
Number of Slots	Varies by model (9-slot, 10-slot, 18-slot)