Specifications

Creating a Floor Plan
Space Planning 3-5
Figure 3-2. Cabling Considerations
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, “System Specifications”
provides detailed specifications for each of the system’s components.
Figure 3-2 illustrates a typical layout for the system cabinet, storage cabinet, the
system console, and the RSN modem and console server.
Use the equipment templates in Figure 3-3 and the site-layout grid in Figure 3-4 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
• Lengths and routes of telephone and other communications and interface cables
Future
Expansion
Overhead
cable
tray
Cable
ladder
Phone line
Future
expansion
System
console
RSN modem
vos123a
RSN console
server
Ethernet
Serial