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Ground the Cisco 6100 Chassis
Complete the following steps to connect the grounding lug on the Cisco 6100 chassis directly to
the rack:
Do not reuse the wire you removed in the "Disconnect the Cisco 6100 Chassis Ground"
Caution
section on page 17, unless it is 12 AWG or larger.
Verify that all paint or oxidation is removed from the rack at the point of the grounding connection.
Step 1
Measure enough wire (12 AWG or thicker green or green with yellow stripes stranded copper wire) to
Step 2
connect the Cisco 6100 to the rack. (See Figure 10 for grounding wire location.)
Make sure your wire is as short as possible to make the connection.
Note
Use a wire stripper to remove the casing from both ends of the wires.
Step 3
Use a 3/16-inch flat-head screwdriver to loosen the screw on the rack.
Step 4
Hook one end of the copper wire around the screw on the rack.
Step 5
Tighten the rack screw over the copper wire.
Step 6
Loosen the compression screw provided on the grounding lug of the Cisco 6100.
Step 7
The grounding lugs are located in the upper left corner of each chassis (viewed from the rear).
Insert the other end of the copper wire under the compression screw.
Step 8
Step 9
Tighten the compression screw over the copper wire.
Note
Do not ground the components in a rack by chaining them together.
The left side of Figure 10 shows how to ground the Cisco 6100 chassis.
Figure 10
Rack
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Grounding the Cisco 6100 Chassis
Cisco 6100/6130
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