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Catalyst 6500 Series Switches Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Catalyst 6506 Switch
Table 1-8
lists the environmental and physical specifications of the Catalyst 6506 switch chassis.
Table 1-8
Catalyst 6506 Switch Specifications
Item
Specification
Environmental
Temperature, operating
Certified for operation: 32° to 104°F (0° to 40°C)
Designed and tested for operation: 32° to 130°F (0° to 55°C)
Note
The Catalyst 6500 series switches are equipped with internal air
temperature sensors that are triggered at 104°F (40°C) generating a
minor alarm and at 131°F (55°C) generating a major alarm.
Temperature, nonoperating
and storage
Chassis unpackaged: –4° to 149°F (–20° to 65°C)
Chassis in protective shipping package: –40° to 158°F (–40° to 70°C)
Thermal transition
0.5°C per minute (hot to cold)
0.33°C per minute (cold to hot)
Humidity (RH), ambient
(noncondensing) operating
5% to 90%
Humidity (RH), ambient
(noncondensing)
nonoperating and storage
5% to 95%
Altitude, operating
Certified for operation: 0 to 6500 ft (0 to 2000 m)
Designed and tested for operation: –200 to 10,000 ft (–60 to 3000 m)
Shock and vibration
This switch complies with Network Equipment Building Systems (NEBS)
(Zone 4 per GR-63-Core) in the following areas:
•
Earthquake environment and criteria
•
Office vibration and criteria
•
Transportation vibration and criteria
Shock
•
Operational—5 G 30 ms, half-sine (IEC 68-2-27)
•
Nonoperational—20 G, 7.5 ms, trapezoidal
Vibration
Operational—3 Hz to 500 Hz.
Power Spectral Density (PSD)—0.0005 G
2
/Hz at 10 Hz and 200 Hz.
5 dB/octave roll off at each end. 0.5 hours per axis (1.12 Grms).
Acoustic noise
53 to 61 dB. International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 7779:
Bystander position operating to an ambient temperature of 86°F (30°C).
