Avaya 5000 Series Installation Manual page 26

Installation fundamentals
The surface, whether a shelf or table, must be able to support the combined weight of the
switch and attached cables; between 15 and 20 pounds (7 to 9 kilograms) for a 5500 Series
switch, and between 21 and 33 pounds (9.5 to 15 kilograms) for a 5600 Series switch.
Caution:
Do not place an Ethernet Power Supply Unit 10 or Ethernet Redundant Power Supply 15
on top of an Ethernet Routing Switch 5500 Series. The switch housing of a 5500 Series
Ethernet Routing Switch is not strong enough to support the weight of these units.
Switch installation on the wall
You can mount 5000 Series switches on a wall. See
the switch on a wall.
Do not install a switch on a wall if the switch has a height greater than 1 rack unit (U).
Switch installation in an equipment rack, front mount option
You can mount 5000 Series switches in a rack with the front panel at the front of the rack. See
Installing a front mounted switch in an equipment rack
rack.
Before you begin this procedure, ensure that the equipment rack meets the following
requirements:
• A space equivalent to the rack height of the switch is provided for each switch in an EIA
or IEC standard 19-inch (48.2 centimeter) or TIA 23-inch (58.4 centimeter) equipment
rack.
• The rack is bolted to the floor and braced if necessary.
• The rack is grounded to the same grounding electrode used by the power service in the
area. The ground path must be permanent and must not exceed 1 ohm of resistance from
the rack to the grounding electrode.
Caution:
When you mount the switch in a rack, do not stack units directly on top of one another in the
rack. Each unit must be secured to the rack with the appropriate mounting brackets.
Mounting brackets are not designed to support multiple units.
Switch installation in an equipment rack, rear mount option
You can mount 5000 Series switches in a rack with the rear panel at the front of the rack. See
Installing a rear mounted switch in an equipment rack
rack.
26 Avaya Ethernet Routing Switch 5000 Series Installation
Mounting on a wall on page 64, to mount
on page 66, to install the switch in a
on page 68, to install the switch in a
December 2010