Specifications

Creating a Floor Plan
3-2 Stratus ftServer V 100, V 200, and V 400 Systems: Site Planning Guide (R543)
Fans clogged by dust fail to expel hot air, causing circuit boards to overheat and
fail.
Dust on circuit boards raises the temperature, thus reducing the component's
mean time between failure (MTBF)
Dust circulating in the room increases the risk of fire within the room by providing
potential combustible material within the environment
Dust contamination on tape devices causes mis-reads and -writes, leading to
failure of attempts to back up and restore data.
 Provides table or desktop space for external devices such as a telephone, system
console, RSN console server and RSN modem (if present).
 Provides cutouts in the floor for routing cables, if the site has an elevated floor.
 Provides sufficient telephone lines:
– All modules need a telephone and one line for use when calling for service.
– If you are using the AA-E96600 RSN dialup console server, an additional
analog telephone line that is not routed through a PBX is required for
connection to the RSN modem.
 Provides Ethernet jacks, switches, or hubs as needed.
 Provides communications cable connectors or patch panels as needed.
 Provides two electrically separate grounded AC wall outlets, within reach of the
power cords from UPS units.
 Provides grounded AC wall outlets for external components that do not connect to
a PDU.
Creating a Floor Plan
This section provides equipment templates and a site-layout grid to help you plan the
placement of the components within the room. Appendix A provides detailed
specifications for each of the system’s components.
Use the equipment templates in Figure 3-1 and the site-layout grid in Figure 3-2 to
create a floor plan of the installation site for your ftServer system. On this floor plan,
sketch the:
 Locations of the system and all external components
 Locations and types of AC power outlets
 Lengths and routes of power cords
 Locations of phone jacks, Ethernet jacks, switches, and/or hubs