Motorola GTR 8000 - General Placement and Spacing Recommendations; General Cabinet Bracing Recommendations; General Floor Mounting Procedure for Cabinets or Racks

3.3.3GeneralPlacementandSpacingRecommendations
3.3.3GeneralPlacementandSpacingRecommendations
Thefollowingarerecommendationsforplacingequipmentatasite:
•Placeeachrackonarm,level,andstablesurfaceandbolttherackstogether.
•Usecorrectmountinghardwareandshimstopreventrackmovement.
•Usestrainreliefwheninstallingandpositioningcablesandcordstohelpensurethatnointerruption
ofserviceoccurs.
•Provideanappropriateamountofspacearoundallcomponentstoallowforproperairow,cooling,and
safeaccesstoequipment.
•Locatethesiteracksandotherequipmentwithenoughspacingtoallowaccessforservice.
Properspacingofequipmentisessentialforeaseofmaintenance,andsafetyofpersonnel.Spacing
requirementshavebeenestablishedtomeettheNationalFireProtectionAssociations(NFPA)
Code,andtheAmericanSocietyofHeating,Refrigerating,andAirConditioningEngineers
(ASHRAE)standards.Alsoadheretoanylocalregulationsthatapplytotheinstallation.
•Locatethesysteminanareathatisfreeofdust,smoke,andelectrostaticdischarge(ESD).
•SeetheMotorolaStandardsandGuidelinesforCommunicationSitesmanualfordetailsonthesespace
requirements.
3.3.4GeneralCabinetBracingRecommendations
Useallsuppliedbracinghardwarewheninstallingarackorcabinetandsecureallequipmentwithinarackorcabinet.
Ifadditionalequipmentneedstobeinstalled,refertothesystemdesigndocumentprovidedbytheeldengineeror
consulttheMotorolaFieldRepresentative.
Subsystemcabinetsareself-supportingstructures.Inareassubjecttoseismicactivity,additionalbracingofthe
cabinetmayberequiredtopreventitfromtipping.However,thebracinghardwaremustbelocallyprocured.There
arenospecicprocedureswithinthismanualforbracingcabinetsinactiveseismicareas.
3.3.5GeneralFloorMountingProcedureforCabinetsor
Racks
Whenandwheretouse:
Performthefollowingstepstoproperlyinstallacabinetoropenrackwithinasitebuilding.Cabinetsandracksmust
besecuredtotheoorforoptimumstability.Thisprocedureiswrittensothatthecabinetorrackismovedonlyonce.
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