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The following list provides an overview of the preparations necessary for each
type of floor:
Raised floor
v
Cut the necessary holes and cable cutouts in the raised floor.
v Purchase and install eyebolt fasteners in the concrete floor.
Nonraised floor
Purchase and install fasteners in the concrete floor.
Further instructions for the preparation of your site for the Earthquake Resistance
Kit are provided in “Preparing a raised floor for the Earthquake Resistance Kit
installation” and “Preparing a nonraised floor for the Earthquake Resistance Kit”
on page 157.
Preparing a raised floor for the Earthquake Resistance Kit installation:
You must prepare a raised floor as well as the concrete floor underneath before an
Earthquake Resistance Kit can be installed on any of your storage units racks.
To ensure that you meet all site requirements, obtain the service of a qualified
consultant or structural engineer to help you prepare the floor.
Figure 23 on page 155 provides an illustration of the Earthquake Resistance Kit
after the IBM service representative installs it for a raised floor. Before the IBM
service representative installs the kit, you must prepare the area shown as
2
in
the figure.
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