Installing The Chassis In An Equipment Rack; Rack-Mount Recommendations; Attaching The Shelf In The Equipment Rack - Nortel Contivity 1700 Installing Manual

24 Chapter 1 Installing the Contivity 1700 chassis

Installing the chassis in an equipment rack

To mount the Contivity 1700 in an equipment rack, you need the following
equipment:
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Rack-mount recommendations

When you mount the chassis in the rack, observe the following standard
recommendations:
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Attaching the shelf in the equipment rack

The Contivity 1700 ships with a rack-mount shelf to support the chassis in the
equipment rack.
To attach the shelf to the inside of the equipment rack:
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314711-D Rev 00
Standard 19-inch equipment rack
4 screws (supplied with the chassis)
4 cage nuts (supplied with the chassis) if the rack does not have threaded rail
holes
#2 Phillips screwdriver
The maximum recommended ambient temperature is 40
sure that the internal temperature of the rack does not exceed 40
Do not block the power supply vents or otherwise restrict air flow when
installing the chassis in a rack.
Stabilize your rack so that it does not tip over under the weight of the gateway
and other devices.
Make sure that the electrical branch circuits can handle the Contivity 1700
and other units in the rack before you install and turn on the gateway.
Maintain a reliable earth-ground path in the rack system. The gateway is
intended to connect to an earth ground.
If the holes in the rack's vertical supports are not threaded, attach a cage nut in
four locations at the front of the rack
o C (104
(Figure 3).
o F). Make
o C (104 o F).