3Com 7000 manual Site Requirements

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SITE REQUIREMENTS

This appendix addresses the various requirements to be met when preparing the CoreBuilder® 7000 family ATM switch site. This includes the following elements:

■Performing all necessary planning, ordering, installing, and maintenance.

■When required, contacting the appropriate facilities manager for assistance.

■Ensuring that all building and electrical code requirements (national, state, and local) are met.

Environmental and This section includes environmental and safety requirements are

Safetyapplicable to the installation of the CoreBuilder 7000 family ATM switch.

Requirements

Protective Grounding For your safety and to ensure optimum performance of the system, verify that all protective grounding requirements have been met in accordance with the applicable national, state, and local electrical codes.

You must also verify that you have properly grounded the distribution rack. This is normally done with a distribution rack grounding kit and a ground conductor that is carried back to earth or to another suitable building ground. Proper distribution rack grounding will ensure that voltages induced into wiring by lightning or other disturbances are directed to ground.

Environmental For the system to operate properly, the following environmental Specifications conditions should exist:

■Ambient air temperature: 0° to 40° C (32° to 104° F).

■Operating humidity: 10 to 95% relative humidity (non-condensing).