Power And Grounding Preparation - Nortel Passport 15000 Preparation Manual

Chapter 4

Power and grounding preparation

This section describes the various aspects of power distribution and
grounding that are important to consider when you plan to install one of the
following Passport products:
• Passport 15000
• Passport 15000-VSS
• Passport 20000
This section also includes shared power and grounding of peripheral
equipment that interworks with a Passport.
The topics discussed in this section are:
• "Power architecture" (page 120)
• "Power requirements" (page 121)
• "Power distribution and consumption" (page 125)
• "Preparation for installing power and ground cables" (page 131)
• "Power cable specifications" (page 143)
• "Power and ground cabling overview" (page 153)
• "Grounding the frame and communication links" (page 157)
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