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BlackDiamond 8800 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 65
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Meeting Site Requirements on page 66
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Evaluating and Meeting Cable Requirements on page 72
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Meeting Power Requirements on page 78
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Applicable Industry Standards on page 80
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.
To learn more about safety issues and to ensure safety compliance, see Appendix A .
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
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 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.
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Meeting power requirements
To run your equipment safely, you must meet the specific power requirements for each power
supply unit installed in the system. For power supply specifications, see
“Power Supplies for
BlackDiamond 8800 Series Switches” on page 188 .