Installation guide

Chapter 3. Hardware Installation
3.1. Overview
This chapter describes how to set up the Freeway communications server and connect it to the network.
1. Review the safety guidelines in the "Safety Precautions" section in Chapter 1.
2. Place your Freeway in the selected location. It can be installed in any standard 19-inch rack. It can also be set on
a table top where it will occupy about three square feet. There should be room to set a monitor nearby and
enough clearance to ensure that the air vents will not be blocked.
The Freeway 3600 has an autoswitching power supply to accommodate different voltages and AC frequencies (
115 or 230 VAC at 50 or 60 Hz ). It must be near one grounded, three-wire electrical outlet. If your Freeway is
equipped with multiple redundant power supplies, additional grounded three-wire electrical outlets may be
required.
The Freeway must also be near the LAN and WAN connectors that will be plugged into it.
Be sure the location meets the following environmental standards:
• Operating temperature: 32
◦
- 122
◦
F ( 0
◦
- 50
◦
C )
• Humidity: 20% - 90% (relative non-condensing)
• Altitude: 0 - 10,000 feet (0 - 3048 meters)
• Good ventilation
• Little or no dust
3. Check that the shipping carton includes the following:
• Freeway
• Power cord
• Serial Console cable (each end of the cable has both a 9-pin and a 25-pin connector)
• Anti-static strap
• Boot parameter initialization disk
• Freeway 3600 Hardware Installation Guide (this manual)
• Freeway User’s Guide
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