Installation guide

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Installing the NetStacker Chassis
Preparing for the
Installation
Before you install the NetStacker Chassis, you need to ground
yourself, check the package contents and prepare the work area.
Grounding Yourself
Before you unpack or handle the chassis, you must discharge
static electricity from your body or clothes by attaching the pro-
vided grounding strap to your wrist and then by touching the
mount rack for the chassis or a piece of metal.
Checking the Package Contents
The Asanté NetStacker Chassis package includes the following:
❏ Base Chassis or Expansion Chassis in protective
plastic packaging
❏ AC power cable
❏ Two mounting brackets and eight screws for rack
mounting
❏ Four self-adhesive feet for desktop mounting
❏ This installation guide
❏ Warranty card
Preparing the Work Area
Before unpacking the chassis, make sure that you have a large,
dust-free, clean, and electrostatically safe work area.
Positioning the
NetStacker Chassis
To correctly position the chassis, make sure you:
❏ Place the single Base Chassis or the stack near an
AC outlet.
❏ Place the chassis or stack within 100 meters of
another device if you are using twisted pair cable
(10BaseT); 185 meters for thin Ethernet cable
(10Base2), two kilometers for fiber optic cable
(10BaseF).
❏ Leave a two-inch clearance around the ventilation
grills on each side.
∆ Note: Do not place the chassis near sources of
electrical interferences, such as motors or heavy
current switches.
Normal office temperature and humidity generally suit this type of
equipment (operating temperature: 0° to 40° C ambient).