Nortel Meridian Meridian 1 User manual

Meridian 1 System installation procedures
Meridian 1
Meridian 1
System installation procedures
Document Number: 553-3001-210
Document Release: Standard 14.00
Date: June 1999
Year Publish FCC TM
© 1990, 1999
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Printed in the United States of America
Information is subject to change without notice. Nortel Networks Corporation reserves the right to make
changes in design or components as progress in engineering and manufacturing may warrant. This equipment
has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC
rules, and the radio interference regulations of Industry Canada. These limits are designed to provide
reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy, andif not installed and
used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.
Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user
will be required to correct the interference at their own expense.
SL-1 and Meridian 1 are trademarks of Nortel Networks Corporation.

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Revision history
January 29, 1990 Standard, release 1.0.
February 28, 1990 Standard, release 2.0.
December 1, 1991 Standard, release 3.0. This document is reissued to include technical content
updates. Due to the extent of the changes, revision bars are not used.
December 31, 1992 Standard, release 4.0. New information and changes to technical content are
noted by revision bars in the margins.
April 1, 1993 Standard, release 5.0. Due to the extent of the changes, revision bars are not
used.
August 1, 1993 Standard, release 6.0. New information and changes to technical content are
noted by revision bars in the margins.
April 1, 1994 Standard, release 7.0. New information and changes to technical content are
noted by revision bars in the margins.
December 1994 Standard, release 8.0. This document is reissued to include updated
information on the Small systems Multi-Disk Unit (SMDU), option 51C,
NTND01CA 12MB ICM card. Changes to technical content are noted by
revision bars in the margins.

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December 1994 Standard, release 9.0. Reissued for technical content.
July 1995 Standard, release 10.00. Reissued to include international information to
create a global NTP, option 81, option 81C, and minor text and graphic
changes. Changes to technical content are noted by revision bars in the
margins.
December 1995 Standard, release 11.00.Reissued for technicalcontent. Includes information
on System 600/48 Power Plant.
August 1996 Standard, release 12.00. Reissued for technical content. Includes references
to the new NT9D19 48 MB Call Processing Card and a new procedure to
installsoftware. Changes to technical content are noted by revision barsinthe
margins.
October 1997 Standard, release 13.00. Includes references to the new 68060 NT5D10 Call
Processor and NT5D61 IODU/C cards. Changes are noted by revision bars in
the margins.
June 1999 Standard, release 14.00. Includes references to the new 68060ENT5D03 Call
Processor card, and the new AC and DC PDUs.

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Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
About this document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Meridian 1 equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Equipment handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Unloading equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Power equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Circuit cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Data disks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cable routing guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Initial Meridian 1 installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
System installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Preparing equipment for installation . . . . . . . . . . 15
Placing the fourth module on a column . . . . . . . 23
Positioning and leveling equipment . . . . . . . . . . 27
Installing overhead cable tray kits . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing AC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring . . . . . . . . . . 36
Installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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Installing DC power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
External DC power equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring . . . . . . . . . 49
PDU connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Planning and designating the Modular Distribution
Frame (MDF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
BIX installation and designation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Backplane cable expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Krone cross connect system (UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Installing PFTUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Connecting trunks and telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Installing QUA6 PFTUs (UK installations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Configuring the system monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Configuring the NT8D22 System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Cabling the NT8D22 System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Installing the NT7D15 System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Connecting a system terminal (or modem) . . . . . 105
Options 51C, 61C, 81, and 81C terminal and modem connections 113
Configuring the Motorola 28.8 Data/Fax Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Configuring an A0381391 UDS FastTalk modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Connecting a modem to an SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Connecting a modem to a switch box and CPSI and SDI ports . . . 127
Cabling common equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
System option 61C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
CNI configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cable installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cable installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
System option 81 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
CNI configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

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Cable installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cable installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
System option 81C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
CNI configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Cable installation guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cable installation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Cabling network loops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
NT8D04 Superloop Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
QPC414 Network Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
QPC414 Network Card connected to an NT5K11 EEPE module . . 194
Cabling lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Connecting lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Powering up the system and initial loading . . . . 299
Preparing for power-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Connecting power for AC-powered systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Connecting power for DC-powered systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Performing acceptance tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Module power supply test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Blower unit and thermal sensor test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Sysload test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
System terminal and system monitor test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
PFTU test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Disk drive unit test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Installing earthquake bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Installing seismic bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Selecting the kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Drilling the floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Installing anchor plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Installing rods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322

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Positioning and leveling the system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Installing non-seismic bracing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Selecting the kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Non-seismic anchor kit installation instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Configuring remote peripheral equipment . . . . . . 333
Installing RPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
RPE option switch settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Performing acceptance tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Testing equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Testing transmission quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Locating span line faults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Adding a module to a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Adding a module to the base of a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Adding a module between two other modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Adding a module to the top of a column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Installing an NT6D82 Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Installing a QBL12 distribution box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Installing a QBL15 power system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Installing a QCA13 power plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Installing safety ground/protective earth and logic return wiring . . . . 405
Connecting the PDU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Connecting the NT8D22 system monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Connecting lines and trunks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Backplane cable expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
NT8D11 CE/PE Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
NT8D37 IPE Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
System grounding and interconnection to Meridian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Power feed distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Recommended signal connections to
Meridian 1 System Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477

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Alarm signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Trip signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Recommended features on customer supplied power equipment . . . . 478
Current and Voltage Meters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Visual and Audible Alarms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Batteries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
UPS or Auxiliary Generator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489

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