Patton electronic 2996 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Compliance Information .......................................................................................................................................6
Radio and TV Interference ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Industry Canada Notice .......................................................................................................................................... 6
FCC Information ................................................................................................................................................... 6
FCC Part 68 Compliance Statement ...................................................................................................................... 7
CE Notice .............................................................................................................................................................. 7
About this guide .....................................................................................................................................................8
Audience ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Structure ................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Precautions ............................................................................................................................................................. 9
Typographical conventions used in this document .................................................................................................. 9
General conventions .........................................................................................................................................9
Mouse conventions .........................................................................................................................................10
1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 11
Model 2960/2996 Remote Access Server overview ................................................................................................12
Hardware overview ................................................................................................................................................13
WAN ..............................................................................................................................................................13
LAN ...............................................................................................................................................................13
Signaling .........................................................................................................................................................14
Modems ..........................................................................................................................................................14
RS-232 control port ........................................................................................................................................14
Power system ..................................................................................................................................................14
Central processing unit ...................................................................................................................................14
Temperature ...................................................................................................................................................14
Altitude ...........................................................................................................................................................14
Humidity ........................................................................................................................................................14
Physical dimensions ........................................................................................................................................15
Security ...........................................................................................................................................................15
Management services ......................................................................................................................................15
LED display ....................................................................................................................................................16
Approvals ..............................................................................................................................................................17
Software overview ..................................................................................................................................................18
2 Hardware installation .................................................................................................................................... 19
Introduction ..........................................................................................................................................................20
Unpacking the Model 2960/2996 RAS .................................................................................................................20
RAS chassis installation ..........................................................................................................................................20
Cable installation ...................................................................................................................................................21
Attaching the cable retainer clip ......................................................................................................................21
Installing the power cables ..............................................................................................................................21
Grounding the Model 2960/2996 ...................................................................................................................22