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Chapter 6
6. Site Requirements
Use the information and guidelines in this chapter to plan your access route and to meet
the environmental and power requirements for your system.
Planning Your Access Route
The standard dock height for freight trailers in the USA is approximately 48.00 in.
(1219 mm) from the ground. If your loading dock is standard height, you may use a pallet
jack to unload the system, in most cases. If the loading dock is not standard height, you
must provide a forklift or other means to unload the system. The maximum access incline
should not exceed 10 degrees (height:length = 1:6). If you have concerns about your site
access route, contact a site planning representative by telephone in the USA at
[phone], extension 676-2820; at [phone]; by fax at [phone];
or by e-mail at [e-mail].
Each SGI Origin 3900 system ships on a pallet in its own container, which includes an
attached ramp for system removal from the pallet. You must provide a pallet jack,
preferably one with 48-in. (1219-mm) tines, to move each container to the approximate
system location, where it can be removed from the pallet and moved to its final
destination in the computer room.
SGI recommends that you leave each system cabinet in its shipping crate until it reaches
its final destination. If the crate is too large for the planned access route, you may remove
the cabinets from the containers and wheel the cabinets on their casters through your
facility to the computer room.
Figure 6-1 illustrates the shipping configuration of an SGI Origin 3900 system.