
Part 2 Site Planning, Preparation, and Specifications
Chapter 5 Planning and Preparing the Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Site Preparation Checklist for ACX2200 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
GeneralSiteGuidelines..............................................30
SiteElectricalWiringGuidelines........................................31
Chapter6 ClearanceRequirements...........................................33
Clearance Requirements for Airflow and Hardware Maintenance on ACX2200
Routers .......................................................33
Chapter7 Mounting Requirements ...........................................35
Cabinet Requirements for ACX2200 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rack Requirements for ACX2200 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Chapter8 Physical Specifications............................................39
Chassis Physical Specifications for ACX2200 Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Chapter9 EnvironmentalSpecifications.......................................41
ACX2200 Router Environmental Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Chapter10 PowerSpecifications..............................................43
ACX2200ACPowerSpecifications.....................................43
ACX2200 AC Power Cord Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
ACX2200DCPowerSpecifications.....................................45
ACX2200 Router Grounding Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
GroundingPointsSpecifications...................................46
Grounding Cable Lug Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
GroundingCableSpecifications....................................48
Chapter 11 Network Cable and Transceiver Planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Determining Transceiver Support and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Calculating Power Budget and Power Margin for Fiber-Optic Cables . . . . . . . . . . 50
Calculating Power Budget for Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Calculating Power Margin for Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Understanding Fiber-Optic Cable Signal Loss, Attenuation, and Dispersion . . . . 52
Signal Loss in Multimode and Single-Mode Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Attenuation and Dispersion in Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Chapter 12 Alarm, Management, and Clocking Cable Specifications and Pinouts . . . . 55
Management Port Connector Pinout Information for ACX Series Routers . . . . . . 55
Console/Auxiliary Port Connector Pinout on ACX Series Routers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
USB Port Specifications for an ACX Series Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
AlarmContactConnectorPinouts......................................57
Clocking Port Specifications on the ACX2200 Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
External Clocking Port Connector Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
External Clocking Input Port Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Part 3 Initial Installation and Configuration
Chapter13 InstallationOverview..............................................63
Installing and Connecting an ACX2200 Router Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
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