User`s guide

EtherXtend User’s Guide 43
PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION
This chapter describes how to prepare your site for the installation of the
EtherXtend platform. It includes the following topics:
• General safety precautions, page 43
• Tools you need, page 43
• Selecting the system location, page 44
• Environmental specifications, page 44
• Power requirements and specifications, page 44
General safety precautions
Tools you need
The required equipment listed in Table 9 should be available before beginning
the installation of the Z-Edge 64 system.
Table 9: Equipment required to install the Z-Edge 64 system
Qty Equipment Details Use
1 VT-100-compatible
terminal or PC used as a
VT-100 terminal emulator
Connected to the Z-Edge 64 through
RJ45 craft port.
Commission and configuration
1 11/32-inch nutdriver For ground stud hex nuts. General installation
1 Pliers General installation
1 Cable prep tools Pressfit and crimpers Cable installation
- Cables System connections
2 #1 and #2 Phillips-head
and 1/8-inch flat-blade
screwdrivers
N/A Locking and unlocking cards,
front panels and chassis
brackets
2 Antistatic wrist strap N/A Static electricity prevention