Cisco Systems WAE-7341-K9 manual

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    Americas Headquarters: © 20 07–20 08 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. Cisco Systems, Inc., 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, CA 95134-1706 USA Installing the Cisco WAE Inline Network Adapter Product Number: WAE-INLN-4CG= Models: FE-511-K9, WAE-511-K9, WAE-611-K9 , WAE- 512-K9, WAE-612-K9, WA E-7326-K9, WAE-7341-K9, WAE-7371-K9, WAE-674-K9[...]

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    2 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inl ine Network A dapter OL-12480-03 Product Overview War ni ng IMPORT ANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS This warning symbol means dan ger . Y ou are in a situation that could cause bodily injury . Before you work on any equipment, be aware of the hazards involved with electrical circuitry and be familiar with standard practices f[...]

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    3 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Product Overview The W AA S software def ines two new interf ace types: A group interface that re presents an inline pair grouping and a port interface that represents the individual port. These interfaces are referred to as inlineGroup and in linePort. InlineGroup interfaces are numbe[...]

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    4 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Product Overview Note On older inline netwo rk adapters, the LEDs are labelle d 0, 1, 2, and 3. These correspo nd to W1, L1, W0, and L0 respectiv ely . Adapter Specifications Ta b l e 2 describes t he inline networ k adapter techni cal and gene ral specifications. 1000 On The speed of [...]

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    5 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Safety Guidelines Safety Guidelines T o reduce the risk of bodily injur y , electrical shock, f ire, and damage to the equipment, obser ve t he follo wing precautions: • W arnings • General Prec autions • Protecting Agai nst Electrostatic Dischar ge Warnings War ni ng This equipm[...]

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    6 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Safety Guidelines General Precautions Observe the fol lo w ing general precautions for using and working with y our system: • Observ e and follo w service markings. Do not service an y Cisco product except as e xplained in your system docu mentation. Open ing or removing covers that [...]

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    7 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Important Operational Notes Protecting Against Electrostatic Discharge Static electricity can harm delicate component s inside your sy stem. T o pre vent static damage, dischar ge static electricity from your body before you touch any of yo ur system’ s electronic components. Y ou ca[...]

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    8 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the FE- 511, WAE-511, and WAE-611 A ppliances Removing the Cover War ni ng Before working on a sy stem that has an on/off switch, turn OFF the power and unplug the power cord. Statement 1 T o remove the cov er, follo w these steps: Step 1 Re vie w the information[...]

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    9 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the FE- 511, WAE-511, and WAE-611 Appliances Installing an Inline Network Adapter Before you install an adap ter , revi ew the follo wing information: • The adapter slots are on th e riser card assembl y . Y ou must first remo ve the riser card assembly to acce[...]

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    10 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the FE- 511, WAE-511, and WAE-611 A ppliances Figur e 4 Remo ving the Expans ion Slot Co ver Step 6 Remov e the riser card (labeled 1 in Figure 5 ) from the system board to access the expansion slot. 1 Expansion slot cov er (slot 2) 2 Expansion slot cover (slo t[...]

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    11 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the FE- 511, WAE-511, and WAE-611 Appliances Figure 5 Installing an Adapter in the Riser Car d Assembly Step 7 T ouch the static-p rotecti ve pack age that contains th e adapter to any unpainted metal su rface on the appliance, and then remov e the adapte r from[...]

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    12 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the FE- 511, WAE-511, and WAE-611 A ppliances Step 10 Reinstall the riser card. Make sure th at the riser card is fully seated in the riser card connector (la beled 6 in Figure 5 ) on the system board. Step 11 T ighten the captiv e scre w for ex pansion slot 1. [...]

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    13 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in t he WAE-512 and WAE-612 Appliances Step 3 Connect all external cables and the po w er cord to th e appliance, and then plug the po wer cord into a properly grounded electri cal outlet. Installing Adapters in the WAE-512 and WAE-612 Appliances This section descr[...]

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    14 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in th e WAE-512 and WAE-612 Appliances Caution For proper cool ing and airflo w , replace the cov er before turning on the devi ce. Operating the de vice for extended periods (o ver 30 minutes) with the co v er removed might damage de vice components. Installing an[...]

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    15 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in t he WAE-512 and WAE-612 Appliances Figur e 8 Remo ving the Riser Card Assembly Step 6 Place the riser card assembly on a flat, static-protectiv e surface. Step 7 Remov e the expansion slot co ver for Slot 1. (See Figure 9 .) Note Y ou must install PCI expansion[...]

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    16 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in th e WAE-512 and WAE-612 Appliances Figure 9 Installing the Adapter in the Riser Car d Assembly Step 8 T ouch the static-p rotecti ve pack age that contains th e adapter to any unpainted metal su rface on the device, and then remo ve the adapte r from the static[...]

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    17 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-7326 Appliance Completing the Installation T o complete your installation, reinstal l the cov er an d reconnect all cable s that you disconnected earlier . Caution T o maintain proper cooling and air flo w , install the c ov er before turning on the appl[...]

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    18 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-7326 Appliance Removing the Cover War ni ng Before working on a sy stem that has an on/off switch, turn OFF the power and unplug the power cord. Statement 1 T o remove the de vice top cover , follow these steps: Step 1 Re vie w the information in the “[...]

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    19 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-7326 Appliance Installing an Inline Network Adapter The W AE-7326 has connectors for up to four PCI adap ters on the system board and PCI riser card. Y ou can install the inline netw ork adapter in slot 3 (labeled 1 in Figure 12 ) or in slot 4 (labe led [...]

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    20 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-7326 Appliance Figure 13 sho ws the cable r outing for an adapte r installed in the PCI riser card cage. Figure 13 Cable Routing for the PCI Riser Card Cag e Caution When you route cables, do not bl ock any con nectors or the v entilated space around an [...]

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    21 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-7326 Appliance Completing the Installation T o complete your installation, reinstall the cov er , an d reconnect all cables that you discon nected earlier . Caution T o maintain proper cooling and air flo w , install the c ov er before turning on the app[...]

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    22 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-73 71, WAE-7341, and WAE-674 A ppliances Installing Adapters in the WAE-7371, WAE-7341, and WAE-674 Appliances This section descri bes ho w to install the inline network adapter in the W AE-7371, 7341, and 67 4 appliances. This section includes t he foll[...]

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    23 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE- 7371, WAE-7341, and WAE-674 Appliances Caution For proper cool ing and airflo w , replace the cov er before turning on the devi ce. Operating the de vice for extended periods (o ver 30 minutes) with the cov er remov ed might damage devi ce components. I[...]

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    24 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE-73 71, WAE-7341, and WAE-674 A ppliances Step 7 Install the adapter , as shown in Figure 17 . The riser -card assembly is shown in verted in Figur e 17 . Figur e 1 7 Installing the A dapter in the Riser -Car d Assembly Step 8 Connect any needed cables to[...]

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    25 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Installing Adapters in the WAE- 7371, WAE-7341, and WAE-674 Appliances Figur e 1 8 Installing the PCI-X Riser -Car d Assembly Step 10 Perform any conf iguration tasks required for the adapt er . Step 11 Reinstall the cov e r . For instru ctions on complet ing the installation, see th [...]

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    26 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Cabling Completing the Installation T o complete your installati on, follo w these steps: Step 1 Install the top cov er by placing the cov er-release latch in the open (up) po sition. Insert the bott om tabs of the top cov er into the matching slots in the W AE cha ssis. Press do wn o[...]

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    27 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Cabling Note W e strongly recommend that you do not use half-duple x connections on the W AE or on routers, switches, or other de vices. If you are co nnecting a W AE inline appliance between two de vices using Gigabit Eth ernet, you can use either straight-throu gh cables, cr ossov e[...]

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    28 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Cabling • When you are directly connecting two ne twork de vices that are dif ferent, such as a switch and router , use a straight-through cable. Note Because the inline network adapt er has an inte rnal crosso ver connection that becomes activ e when the InlineGroup interface is pl[...]

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    29 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Cabling Installation Scenarios and Cabling Examples for Fast Ethernet Connections W AE appliances can be installed physically between two network de vices (such as the branch of fice router and branch off ice LAN switch) by connecti ng the W AE inline networ k adapter ports to the net[...]

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    30 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Cabling Figur e 21 Cabling f or Serial Clust er Inline W AEs with a Single W AN Connection Figur e 22 Cabling Betw een T wo Inline W AEs 1 Connection: W AE 1 to LAN switch Fast Ethernet: LAN0 (InlinePort 1/0/ lan) Cable type: Straight-thr ough 2 Connection: W AE 1 to W AE 2 Fast Ether[...]

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    31 Installing the Cisco WA E Inline Network Adap ter OL-12480-03 Related Documentation Related Documentation For additional informati on about the Cisco Wide Area Application En gine hardware and the Cisco Wide Area Application Servi ces (W AAS) software, see the follo wing documentation: • Cisco W ide Ar ea Application Engi ne 7341, 7371, and 67[...]

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    32 Installing the Ci sco WAE Inline Network Ad apter OL-12480-03 Obtaining Documentati on, Obtaining Support, and Secur ity Guidelines[...]