Site Planning and Maintenance Records

Site Preparation Checklist

Planning the location and layout of your equipment is essential for successful system operation, ventilation, and accessibility.

Consider heat dissipation when sizing the air-conditioning requirements for an installation.

Table 1. Site Planning Checklist

Task No.

Planning Activity

Verified By

Time

Date

1

Space evaluation:

  • Space and layout

  • Floor covering

  • Impact and vibration

  • Lighting

  • Maintenance access

2

Environmental evaluation:

  • Ambient temperature

  • Humidity

  • Altitude

  • Atmospheric contamination

  • Air flow

3

Power evaluation:

  • Input power type

  • Power receptacles

  • Receptacle proximity to the equipment

  • Dedicated circuit for power supply

  • Dedicated (separate) circuits for redundant power supplies

  • UPS for power failures

4

Grounding evaluation:

  • Circuit breaker size

  • CO ground (AC- powered systems)

5

Cable and interface equipment evaluation:

  • Cable type

  • Connector type

  • Cable distance limitations

  • Interface equipment (transceivers)

6

EMI evaluation:

  • Distance limitations for signaling

  • Site wiring

  • RFI levels

1 Verify that the power supply installed in the chassis has a dedicated AC source circuit.
2 UPS = uninterruptible power supply.
3 EMI = electromagnetic interference.
4 RFI = radio frequency interference.

Contact and Site Information

Use the following worksheet to record contact and site information.

Table 2. Contact and Site Information

Contact person


Contact phone


Contact e-mail

Building/site name


Data center location


Floor location


Address (line 1)


Address (line 2)


City


State


Zip code


Country


Chassis and Module Information

Use the following worksheets to record information about the chassis and modules.

Contract Number_______________________________________________

Chassis Serial Number___________________________________________

Product Number________________________________________________

Table 3. Network-Related Information

System IP address


System IP netmask


Hostname


Domain name


IP broadcast address


Gateway/router address


DNS address


Modem telephone number


Table 4. Module Information

Slot

Module Type

Module Serial Number

Notes

1


Fixed

 

 

2


Expansion

 

 
Table 5. Fabric Interconnect Port Connection Record

Fabric Interconnect A or B

Connected to

Slot

Port

Chassis

FEX

Port

LAN or SAN 
Pin Group

Port Channel 
Group

Connection Notes

1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

2

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16