Tadiran Telecom Coral IPx 500, Quick Installation Manual

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General System Description and
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This section describes the Coral IPx 500 cage components. Upon completing this
section, you will be familiar with cage components and the general procedure of
installing a rack-mounted or wall-mounted cage onto a 19" or a 23" rack. For more
detailed information about the main and expansion cages, refer to
page 2-1, Main and
Expansion Cage Description . For specific information on how to configure the Coral IPx
500, refer to page 3-1, System Configuration .
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The Coral IPx system is housed in one or more rack-mounted or wall-mounted cages.
Each system consists of one main cage that contains the common control cards and
peripheral cards, as well as one or two optional expansion cages. Main cages are
equipped with peripheral card slots in addition to the common control cards.
Expansion cages are equipped with additional peripheral card slots.
Features
The cage houses all hardware components of the Coral IPx 500 system including the
power supply unit, control cards, peripheral cards, and the I/O connections. The cage
includes the following features:
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Rack-mounted cages are compatible with 19" and 23" racks (rendered by two
mounting brackets)
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Wall-mounted cages can be easily removed from the wall
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Simple assembly procedures
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Up to three cages per Coral IPx 500 system
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Free ventilation without fans
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RFI protection
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Simple input/output (I/O) cable routing from the top panel
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Either 48 VDC or 115/230 VAC electrical power supply units in every cage
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Ability to be mounted on the same rack as customer-supplied cages
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Supports all of the features, interfaces, and terminals of Coral FlexiCom products
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Suitable for mounting in earthquake-protected racks
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