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
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reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
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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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List of figures
Figure 1
Static discharge points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Figure 2
Disk position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Figure 3
Cable routing troughs—front view of module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Figure 4
Locking latches on the module cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Figure 5
Removing the pedestal grill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 6
Pedestal grill (UK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Figure 7
Location of the backplane jumper in NT9D11 Core/Network Modules
(Option 61C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 8
Location of the backplane jumpers in NT6D60 Core Modules
(Option 81) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Figure 9
Location of the backplane jumper in the NT5D21 Core/Network Module
(Options 51C, 61C, and 81C) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Figure 10
Module positioning guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Figure 11
Module mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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Figure 12
Power and system monitor connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Figure 13
Positioning spacer gaskets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Figure 14
Spacer positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Figure 15
Column positioning with spacers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Figure 16
Removing top cap grills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 17
Overhead cable tray kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Figure 18
Single column—ground and logic return distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 19
Multiple column—ground and logic return distribution . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Figure 20
Multiple-column, multiple-row—ground and logic return distribution 38
Figure 21
PDU ground lug locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Figure 22
AC column ground lug daisy chain connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Figure 23
Logic return connection for each column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Figure 24
AC reserve power configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Figure 25
UPS grounding diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Figure 26
Ground and logic return distribution—MFA150 Modular Power System 50
Figure 27
Ground and logic return distribution—System 600/48 Power Plant . . 51

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Figure 28
PDU circuit protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Figure 29
DC-power equipment in the rear of the pedestal—NT4N50AA PDU . 54
Figure 30
Cable routing in the rear of the pedestal—NT4N50AA PDU . . . . . . . 55
Figure 31
DC Column ground lug daisy chain connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Figure 32
PDU to MFA150 connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Figure 33
PDU to System 600/48 Power Plant connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Figure 34
UEM to 8B/2R or 8B/4R master power cabinet 2R or
8B/4R master power cabinet connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Figure 35
BIX Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Figure 36
Recommended BIX layout for NT8D11 CE/PE, NT8D13 PE, and NT8D37
IPE Modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Figure 37
Sample basic BIX labels—NT8D11 CE/PE and NT8D37 IPE Modules 72
Figure 38
Sample overlay BIX labels—NT8D14 Universal Trunk Card . . . . . . 72
Figure 39
Sample overlay BIX labels—NT8D15 E&M Trunk Card . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 40
Sample BIX labels—PFTU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Figure 41
IPE module card allocation—Krone cross connect system . . . . . . . . . 75
Figure 42
CE/PE module card allocation—Krone cross connect system . . . . . . . 76

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Figure 43
Label for analog line card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Figure 44
Label for analog tie trunk card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Figure 45
Label for Data Access line card (NT7D16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Figure 46
Label for Power Fail Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Figure 47
Label for Digital line card (NT8D02) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 48
Label for Exchange line trunk card (NT5K18) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Figure 49
Label for Direct Dial Inward trunk card (NT5K17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Figure 50
MDF terminations for typical PFTU operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Figure 51
Typical PFTU connection to the MDF and the Master System Monitor 85
Figure 52
Options 21, 21E, 51, 51C, 61 and 61C—
cable master system monitor to SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Figure 53
Options 71, 81, and 81C—cabling for master system monitor to slave unit 1
and SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Figure 54
Multiple-column system monitor connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Figure 55
UPS alarm cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Figure 56
Terminal connection diagram . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Figure 57
Ports and switches on the NT8D41 SDI Paddle Board . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Figure 58
Switch locations on the NTND02 MSPS Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Figure 59
Cabling diagram for the NT8D41 SDI Paddle Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Figure 60
Cabling diagram for the NTND02 MSPS Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 61
Cabling diagram for the QPC841 Four-Port SDI Card . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Figure 62
One terminal for the CPSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Figure 63
One terminal and a switch box to two CPSI ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Figure 64
One terminal and a switch box to the SDI and CPSI ports . . . . . . . . . 119
Figure 65
Modem to SDI port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Figure 66
Modem to a switch box and SDI and CPSI ports (dual-column systems) 130
Figure 67
Modem to a switch box and SDI and CPSI ports (single-column systems)
131
Figure 68
Option 61C dual CPU, full network group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Figure 69
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (rear view)—location of D and E connectors 138
Figure 70
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (rear)—pre-installed backplane connections 139
Figure 71
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (rear)—connections for IOP/CMDU to IOP/
CMDU and CP to CP cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Figure 72
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (front)—clock controller card connections 141

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Figure 73
Option 81 dual CPU, multiple network group configuration . . . . . . . 143
Figure 74
NT6D60 Core Module (rear)—preinstalled backplane connections . . 148
Figure 75
NT6D60 Core Module (rear)—connections for IOP to IOP and
CP to CP cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Figure 76
NT6D60 Core Module (front)—clock controller card connections . . 151
Figure 77
Cable routing from clock controller cards to InterGroup Module . . . . 152
Figure 78
Network Group 0—cable routing to Core and InterGroup Modules . . 155
Figure 79
Network Group 1—cable routing to Core and InterGroup Modules . . 156
Figure 80
Network Group 2—cable routing to Core and InterGroup Modules . . 156
Figure 81
Network Group 3—cable routing to Core and InterGroup Modules . . 157
Figure 82
Network Group 4—cable routing to Core and InterGroup Modules . . 157
Figure 83
Option 81C dual CPU, multiple network group configuration . . . . . . 159
Figure 84
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (rear)—preinstalled backplane connections 164
Figure 85
NT5D21 Core/Net Module (rear)—connections for IOP/CMDU to IOP/
CMDU and CP to CP cables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Figure 86
NT8D35 Network Module (front)—clock controller card connections 167
Figure 87
Cable routing from clock controller cards to InterGroup Module . . . . 168

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Figure 88
NT8D36 InterGroup Module—connectors for IGS cards . . . . . . . . . . 172
Figure 89
Network Group 0—cable routing to Core/Net and InterGroup Modules 172
Figure 90
Network Group 1—cable routing to Core/Net and InterGroup Modules 173
Figure 91
Network Group 2—cable routing to Core/Net and InterGroup Modules 173
Figure 92
Network Group 3—cable routing to Core/Net and InterGroup Modules 174
Figure 93
Network Group 4—cable routing to Core/Net and InterGroup Modules 174
Figure 94
NT5D21 Core/Network Module (rear view)—location of
D and E connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Figure 95
Options 81 and 81C configuration: multiple rows of columns (top view) 178
Figure 96
NT8D04 Superloop Network Card network loops—connectors for
single-row connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Figure 97
Installing a superloop adapter plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Figure 98
NT8D04 Superloop Network Card network loops—network card
to I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Figure 99
NT8D04 Superloop Network Card network loops—controller card to I/O
panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Figure 100
QPC414 Network Card network loops—connectors and cables for
single-row connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

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Figure 101
QPC414 Network Card network loops—network card to
I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Figure 102
QPC414 Network Card network loops—DLB card to
I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Figure 103
QPC414 network loop configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Figure 104
QPC414 Network Card network loops—connectors and cables
for single-row connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Figure 105
QPC414 Network Card network loops—network card to I/O panel
connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Figure 106
QPC414 Network Card network loops—NT5K10 DLB card
to NT5K11 I/O panel connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Figure 107
NT5K11 I/O panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Figure 108
QPC414 network loop configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Figure 109
NT8D11 backplane cable designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Figure 110
NT8D37 backplane cable designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Figure 111
NT8D11 CE/PE Module I/O panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Figure 112
NT8D13 PE Module I/O panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Figure 113
NT8D37 IPE Module I/O panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Figure 114
NT5K11 EEPE Module I/O panels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

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Figure 115
Blower unit removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Figure 116
Mounting plate installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Figure 117
Exhaust grill removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Figure 118
Top cap assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Figure 119
Installing bracing rods for column support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Figure 120
Positioning spacer gaskets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Figure 121
Adding spacers to columns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Figure 122
Pedestal mounting flange (rear view) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Figure 123
Card slots in the NT8D47 RPE Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Figure 124
Possible ORB locations in the RPE system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Figure 125
RPE Module backplane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Figure 126
Input/output panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Figure 127
Remote peripheral equipment cabling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Figure 128
RPE cabling to an SL-1 cabinet and PE modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Figure 129
RPE cabling to a collocated Meridian 1 column and PE modules . . . . 340
Figure 130
Local-to-remote RPE cross-connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

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Figure 131
MDF cross-connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Figure 132
Maintenance lead cross-connections (Part 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Figure 133
QPC62 option switch and header pin locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Figure 134
QPC66 header pin strapping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Figure 135
QPC99 option switch locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Figure 136
QPC99 maintenance jacks and looping switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Figure 137
Typical span line fault locating arrangement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Figure 123
NT7D09CA Pedestal—module power and system monitor connections 363
Figure 124
Module mounting bolts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Figure 125
Module-to-module power and system monitor connections . . . . . . . . 366
Figure 126
Module mounting bolt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Figure 127
Module positioning guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Figure 128
Orange power connector removal tab locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Figure 129
Air exhaust grill removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Figure 130
UK air exhaust grill removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Figure 131
Top cap assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375