Datasheet

6 Rack-Mounting and Wall-Mounting Cisco 3600 Series Routers and the Cisco Redundant Power System
Rack-Mounting Cisco 3600 Series Routers
Warning To prevent bodily injury when mounting or servicing this unit in a rack, you must take
special precautions to ensure that the system remains stable. The following guidelines are provided
to ensure your safety:
— This unit should be mounted at the bottom of the rack if it is the only unit in the rack.
— When mounting this unit in a partially filled rack, load the rack from the bottom to the top
with the heaviest component at the bottom of the rack.
— If the rack is provided with stabilizing devices, install the stabilizers before mounting or
servicing the unit in the rack.
Rack-Mounting Cisco 3600 Series Routers
This section describes how to rack-mount and wall-mount Cisco 3600 series routers. To mount a
Cisco RPS, refer to the section “Rack-Mounting the Cisco 600-Watt Redundant AC Power System”
section on page 25.
Before you mount the router, make sure that power is OFF. Remove the power cable and all network
interface cables, including telephone cables, from the rear panel.
The following warning applies to routers that use a DC power supply:
Warning Before performing any of the following procedures, ensure that power is removed from
the DC circuit. To ensure that all power is OFF, locate the circuit breaker on the panel board that
services the DC circuit, switch the circuit breaker to the OFF position, and tape the switch handle of
the circuit breaker in the OFF position.
If you need to install network modules or WAN interface cards, you can do so either before or after
mounting the router, whenever you have better access to the rear panel of the router. For instructions,
refer to your router installation and configuration guide, or your network module and WAN interface
card configuration notes.
Required Tools and Equipment
To rack-mount a Cisco 3600 series router, you need the following tools and equipment (which are
not included):
• Cisco 3600 series router
• Equipment rack
• Number 2 Phillips screwdriver
• ESD-preventive wrist strap
• Screws for attaching the router to the rack
Each router ships with one set of brackets. Brackets for 19-inch racks are shipped, unless you specify
the 23- and 24-inch combination bracket (Cisco 3620 and Cisco 3640 routers), or the 23-inch bracket
(Cisco 3660 router) at the time of your order. Brackets for center-mounting the Cisco 3640 router
can also be ordered separately.
Figure 1 shows brackets for the Cisco 3620 router, Figure 2 shows brackets for the Cisco 3640
router, and Figure 3 shows brackets for the Cisco 3660 router.