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Installing Equipment
4.1
Overview
This chapter provides general instructions for installing the NPT-1020 and auxiliary equipment.
The procedures for equipment replacement and upgrades are similar to those for installation, and when
relevant, notes regarding live replacement or upgrade are inserted in these procedures.
Use the information in this chapter in conjunction with specific site installation plans in a particular
customer network. If you are interested in obtaining design or installation assistance from ECI’s Customer
Support team or wish to prepare a network installation plan, contact your ECI sales representative.
The NPT-1020 platforms, cards, modules, and ancillary equipment are described in the
NPT Product Line
Reference Manual
.
4.2
Preliminary Preparations
The installation procedures assume that:
The sites at which installation is to be carried out comply with the requirements listed in
The preliminary preparations specified in Before You Start have been completed.
Before you start, determine what equipment is to be installed in the rack by referring to the site installation
plan, and note the exact position of each unit. To avoid errors, it is recommended that you mark the
prescribed positions on the rack rails using a soft pencil.
4.3
Installation Sequence
Each component of the NPT-1020 system is supplied separately and must be installed in the correct
sequence according to the site plan.
A high-density installation might include the equipment illustrated in the following figure. The different
components in the illustration are described, correlating to the steps in the following table.
N
OTE
: If you are not installing an FST for a particular NPT-1020 shelf, it is recommended that
you leave empty space in the rack in case optical modules are added in the future. If you are
not installing an EXT-2U for a particular NPT-1020 shelf, it is highly recommended that you
leave enough empty space above the NPT-1020 shelf in the rack in case an EXT-2U shelf is
added in the future.