Installation Manual
Neocean IX1000 Network Storage System
Chapter 3 Installing an IX1000
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the user's equipment room (the signal cables are routed into the equipment room either
from the cabling rack over the chassis or from the under-floor cabling trough).
Caution:
Do not bundle the cables at the air outlet to prevent fast aging of the cables.
3.9.2 For Installing an IX1000 on a Workbench
If your IX1000 is sold as an integral chassis, you do not have to care about the cabling
inside and outside the rack. You are recommended to route all interface and service
cables separately from the chassis power cords, as indicated by the arrows in
. You can bundle the long cables with cable ties, and stick a label to the power
cords for indication.
(1)
(2)
(1) Chassis power cords
(2) Service cables
Figure 3-24
Cable routing (recommended)
3.10 Bundling Cables
3.10.1 Use Correct Labels
Before bundling cables, correctly fill in the labels and paste the labels where proper on
the cables. For detailed operations, see the guidelines for using labels in
Appendix A
Engineering Labels for Cables
.
3.10.2 Requirements on Cable Bundling
z
The cables bundled in the cabinet should be straight and neat; no intertwinement
or bending is allowed, as shown in
.
