Routing Cables Out Of A Cabinet - Nortel 7400 Hardware Installation

508 Chapter 39 Hardware procedures

Routing cables out of a cabinet

Procedure steps
NN10600-175 6.1S2
Route cables through the top or bottom of a Multiservice Switch cabinet,
depending on your installation.
1 Remove the 10-mm (3/8-in.) screws from smaller grill cutout in the top or
bottom of the cabinet.
2 Route each cable through the cutout into the channels in the cable guide.
The smaller channels in the cable guides are for fiber optic cables. See
the figure "Cable routing through the top or bottom of a cabinet"
(page 509).
3 Label all processor card cables near the connector to indicate the node
name, slot number of the processor card, port number, and whether it is
a receive or transmit cable.
4 Secure the cable to the sides of the cabinet at intervals to ensure that
proper airflow around the shelves. Always ensure that you do not pinch
cables, especially fiber cables.
After you connect cables between endpoints, you may want to cluster
groups of cables together.