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BlackDiamond 12800 Series Switches Hardware Installation Guide
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4 Site Preparation
This chapter includes the following sections:
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Planning Your Site on page 41
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Meeting Site Requirements on page 42
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Evaluating and Meeting Cable Requirements on page 48
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Meeting Power Requirements on page 53
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Applicable Industry Standards on page 56
By carefully planning your site, you can maximize the performance of your existing network and ensure
that it is ready to migrate to future networking technologies.
The information in this chapter is intended for the system administrator, network equipment technician,
network manager, or facilities manager responsible for installing and managing the network hardware.
The chapter assumes a working knowledge of local area network (LAN) operations, and a familiarity
with communications protocols that are used on interconnected LANs.
Installation, maintenance, and removal of a switch, chassis, or its components must be done by qualified
service personnel only. Qualified service personnel have had appropriate technical training and
experience that is necessary to be aware of the hazards to which they are exposed when performing a
task and of measures to minimize the danger to themselves or other people.
NOTE
Before installing or removing any components of the system, or before carrying out any maintenance procedures, you
must read the safety information provided in
Appendix A of this guide.
Planning Your Site
To install your equipment successfully, you should plan your site carefully. The site planning process
has three major parts:
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Meeting site requirements
The physical installation site must meet the following requirements for a safe and successful
installation:
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Building and electrical code requirements
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Environmental, safety, and thermal requirements for the equipment you plan to install
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Equipment rack requirements
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Evaluating and meeting cable requirements
After examining your physical site and verifying that all environment requirements are met, evaluate
and compare your existing cable plant with the requirements of the Extreme Networks equipment to
determine if you need to install new cables.