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Chapter 1 Overview
Central office alarms
The central office alarm connectors allow you to aggregate alarms from multiple
BIPs and route them to an aisle alarm and to the central office.
three BIPs configured to aggregate alarms from three racks. You can configure up
to ten BIPs in a series configuration to aggregate alarms.
Central office alarm cables are not provided as part of your BIP shipment. To
build your own central office alarm cables, see
pin assignments," on page
Figure 7 Configuring multiple BIPs to aggregate office alarms
To central office
You can also configure one or more standalone BIPs to individually report alarm
status to the central office
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J1
1
J2
2
J3
J4
J5
3
1 = J3 (central office alarm "in")
2 = J4 (central office alarm "out")
3 = Aisle alarm
75.
3 2
1 3 2 1
3 2 1 3 2 1
PS (+)
PS (+)
A/B Input Feed
PS (-)
Lower Shelf
Upper Shelf
Returns
Lower Shelf
3 2
1 3 2 1
3 2 1 3 2 1
PS (+)
PS (+)
A/B Input Feed
PS (-)
Lower Shelf
Upper Shelf
Returns
Lower Shelf
3 2
1 3 2 1
3 2 1 3 2 1
PS (+)
PS (+)
A/B Input Feed
PS (-)
Lower Shelf
Upper Shelf
Returns
Lower Shelf
(Figure 8 on page
27).
Figure 7
Appendix B, "BIP external cable
1
2
1
2
A
A
B
B
PS (-)
– 48 VDC
Upper Shelf
A/B Input Feeds
BIP 1
1
2
1
2
A
A
B
B
PS (-)
– 48 VDC
Upper Shelf
A/B Input Feeds
BIP 2
A
1
A
2
B
1
B
2
PS (-)
– 48 VDC
Upper Shelf
A/B Input Feeds
BIP 3
shows
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