Safety Precautions
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•Understand that the library does not supply power to the rack area. So
ensure that the rack-mounted equipment has an adequate power source.
•Follow the manufacturer’s guidelines to position, to support, and to fasten
the equipment in the rack.
•Locate the equipment so that it does not block or hinder any ventilation
openings in the library’s rack area. For example, do not block library or
drive exhaust areas, the electronic module exhaust area, perforated metal,
or other similar ventilation.
•Locate the equipment so that the library’s doors adequately clear the
equipment when you close them.
•Install the equipment from the bottom of the rack to the top of the rack;
StorageTek recommends that you place the heaviest items near the bottom
of the rack.
•Ensure that the equipment in the rack does not create an overcurrent
condition, whether equipment is connected directly to the branch circuit or
to a power distribution strip.
•Ensure that the equipment in the rack has reliable earth ground, whether
equipment is connected directly to the branch circuit or to a power
distribution strip.
•Ensure that any equipment that you place within the rack is adequately
cooled. The library’s internal ambient temperature should not exceed the
recommended operating temperature.
Base your cooling considerations upon the power dissipation within the
rack space as well as upon the ambient room conditions that are external to
the library.
Note: StorageTek offers an optional feature that provides additional cooling
for equipment installed in the rack space area.
See the following charts for temperature recommendations in the libraries.
Library Feature
Code
Description Conversion
Bill
L180
DFAN Domestic fan, rack area cooling 101331
EFAN International fan, rack area cooling 101332
JFAN Japanese fan, rack area cooling 101331
L700
DFAN Domestic fan, rack area cooling 101323
EFAN International fan, rack area cooling 101324
JFAN Japanese fan, rack area cooling 101323