Question: Guidelines for Installing a Switch

While working as an intern in a corporate data center, you are asked to research the guidelines for installing a Cisco Nexus 5000 series switch in a rack. Search the Cisco Web site and other sites and answer the following questions:

1. Find a photo of any Nexus 5000 series switch. How much does the switch cost? Create a screenshot showing a photo of the switch and its price.

2. What are the two types of racks Cisco recommends for the switch? Find a rack of each type that meets these qualifications. Create screenshots showing a photo of each rack, its manufacturer, and price.

3. Create a screenshot showing the required equipment for installing the switch.

4. Create a screenshot showing the additional items needed to ground the switch.

5. Why does Cisco recommend you keep the shipping container?

6. Which installs first, the brackets or the sliders?

7. Create a document and insert into it the screenshots you made and the answers to the questions. Include in the document your name and course information and email the document to your instructor.