
Chapter 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Site Preparation Checklist for NFX150 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
NFX150 Site Guidelines and Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
GeneralSiteGuidelines..........................................43
Chassis Physical Specifications for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Environmental Requirements and Specifications for an NFX150 Device . . . . 44
SiteElectricalWiringGuidelines....................................45
Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance for an
NFX150Device..............................................45
Requirements for Mounting an NFX150 Device on a Desktop or Other Level
Surface....................................................47
Requirements for Mounting an NFX150 Device on a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rack Requirements for NFX150 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Cabinet Requirements for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Network Cable and Transceiver Planning for NFX150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Understanding NFX150 Devices Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation,
andDispersion..............................................50
Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cables . . . . . . . 50
Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Calculating the Fiber-Optic Cable Power Budget for an NFX150 Device . . . . . 51
Calculating the Fiber-Optic Cable Power Margin for an NFX150 Device . . . . . 52
Transceiver and Cable Specifications, and Pinouts for NFX150 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Pluggable Transceivers Supported on NFX150 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SFP+ Direct Attach Cables for NFX150 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
CableSpecifications.........................................55
Standards Supported by DAC Cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Cable Specifications for Console and Management Connections for the
NFX150Devices.............................................56
Mini-USB Type-B Console Port Specifications for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . 56
Console Port Connector Pinouts for NFX150 Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
USB Port Specifications for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Management Port Connector Pinout Information for an NFX150 Device . . . . 58
Network Port Connector Pinout Information for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . 59
RJ-45 to DB-9 Serial Port Adapter Pinout Information for an NFX150
Device ....................................................60
Chapter 3 Initial Installation and Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
UnpackingtheNFX150...............................................61
UnpackinganNFX150Device......................................61
Parts Inventory (Packing List) for an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Registering Products—Mandatory for Validating SLAs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
InstallingtheNFX150................................................63
Installing and Connecting an NFX150 Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
MountinganNFX150Device......................................64
Mounting an NFX150 Device on a Desk or Other Level Surface . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Mounting an NFX150 Device on a Wall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Mounting an NFX150 Device on Two Posts in a Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
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