Expanded MDS product installation
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Installing Directors into the EC-1700 Cabinet
Cable routing
The EC-1700-C comes from the factory with cable fingers
pre-attached to the front left and right vertical NEMA mounting rails.
A cable tray is also provided for routing fiber cables from one side of
the cabinet to the other.
These cable management devices are there to not only aid in the large
quantities of fiber cables that can be used with the MDS 9513, but also
to keep the right side cool air intakes as unobstructed as possible.
Neat and orderly cable routing through the cabinet will not only help
the administrators and service personnel perform their operations
but will also help to allow cool-air to properly reach the cool air
intakes of the MDS 9513 or 9509 directors.
Fiber cables with the thinnest diameter (jacket) possible will help to
reduce the overall bulk of the cables as they are routed through the
cabinet.
The cables should be routed from left-to-right across the MDS line
cards to the cable fingers at the right hand side of the MDS chassis.
Organize the cables neatly through the cable fingers to keep the
cut-outs in the right side vertical NEMA rail as unobstructed as
possible.
Cable egress via the
bottom of the cabinet
For cables entering/exiting the cabinet through the bottom of the
cabinet, the cables from the MDS director in the lower position
should be routed directly down the lower right side cable fingers and
exit the bottom of the cabinet.
The cables for the MDS director in the upper position should be
routed down the upper right side cable fingers at the top half of the
cabinet, then routed across to the left hand side via the cable tray
located between the upper and lower MDS chassis. Next, these cables
should be routed down the lower left side cable fingers in the lower
half of the cabinet.
shows the cable routing in the bottom of the
EC-1700 cabinet.
