NPT-1020 Installation and Maintenance Manual
Installing Equipment
ECI Telecom Ltd. Proprietary
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4.9
Connecting Fibers and Cables to the NPT-1020
Shelf
In general, all electrical traffic cables, power cables, alarm cables, and data cables must be routed along the
sides of the rack. All optical fibers must be routed through the conduits running along the front supports of
the rack. Electrical traffic and other cables (DC, alarm, management, timing, and so on) must be routed
along the side of the rack, and held in place with cable ties.
4.9.1
Connecting Power Cables to a DC Power Source
Follow the procedure below to connect power cables to a DC power source.
To connect power cables:
1.
Route the power cables leading from the RAP along the side of the rack to the appropriate NPT-1020
and EXT-2U shelves.
N
OTE
: For further details about the RAP installation procedure, see Installing the RAP-BG and
. Installation of the EXT-2U is optional.
2.
Connect the end of the DC power cable from one source, terminating with a 3-pin D-type female
connector in accordance with the rack installation plan and the cable tags, to the DC power connector
on one INF-B1U or INF_E2U.
3.
Connect the end of the DC power cable from the second source, terminating with a 3-pin D-type
female connector in accordance with the rack installation plan and the cable tags, to the DC power
connector on the second INF-B1U or INF_E2U.
4.
If an INF-B1U-D module is installed in the NPT-1020 perform the DC power cable connections as
follows:
Connect the end of the DC power cable from one source, terminating with a 3-pin D-type female
connector in accordance with the rack installation plan and the cable tags, to one DC power
connector on the INF-B1U-D.
Connect the end of the DC power cable from the second source, terminating with a 3-pin D-type
female connector in accordance with the rack installation plan and the cable tags, to the second
DC power connector on the INF-B1U-D.