Chapter 4: Site Preparation; Planning Your Site - Extreme Networks BlackDiamond 10808 Hardware Installation Manual

4 Site Preparation
This chapter includes the following sections:
Planning Your Site on page 39
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Meeting Site Requirements on page 40
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Evaluating and Meeting Cable Requirements on page 46
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Meeting Power Requirements on page 51
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Applicable Industry Standards on page 54
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By carefully planning your site, you can maximize the performance of your existing network and
ensure that it is ready to migrate to future networking technologies.
The information in this chapter is intended for the system administrator, network equipment technician,
network manager, or facilities manager responsible for installing and managing the network hardware.
The chapter assumes a working knowledge of local area network (LAN) operations and a familiarity
with communications protocols that are used on interconnected LANs.
Installation, maintenance, and removal of a switch, chassis, or system components must be done by
qualified service personnel only. Qualified service personnel have had appropriate technical training
and experience that is necessary to be aware of the hazards to which they are exposed when performing
a task and of measures to minimize the danger to themselves or other people.
To learn more about safety issues and to ensure safety compliance, see
NOTE
Before installing or removing any components of the system, or before carrying out any maintenance procedures, you
must read the safety information provided in

Planning Your Site

To install your equipment successfully, you should plan your site carefully. The site planning process
has three major parts:
Meeting site requirements
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The physical installation site must meet the following requirements for a safe and successful
installation:
Building and electrical code requirements
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Environmental, safety, and thermal requirements for the equipment you plan to install
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Equipment rack requirements
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Evaluating and meeting cable requirements
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After examining your physical site and ensuring all environment requirements are met, evaluate and
compare your existing cable plant with the requirements of the Extreme Networks equipment to
determine if you need to install new cables (or cabling).
BlackDiamond 10808 Switch Hardware Installation Guide
Appendix A of this guide.
Appendix A.
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