NEBSTM Requirements: Physical Protection

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Table of Contents

1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose and Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
1.2 Service Provider Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–1
1.3 Equipment Manufacturer Role . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–2
1.4 Application Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.4.1 COs and Similar Facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.4.2 Commercial Buildings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.4.3 Non-Environmentally Controlled Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.4.4 Other Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–3
1.5 Reasons for GR-63-CORE, Issue 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
1.6 Structure and Use of This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4
1.7 Related Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
1.8 Requirements Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–5
1.9 Requirement Labeling Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
1.9.1 Numbering of Requirement and Related Objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–6
1.9.2 Requirement, Conditional Requirement, and Objective Identification . . . 1–7

2 Spatial Requirements
2.1 General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–1
2.1.1 Equipment Frame Floor Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
2.1.2 NEBS Data (ND) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–3
2.2 Equipment Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2.2.1 Vertical Space Allocation in an Equipment Frame Area . . . . . . . . . . 2–6
2.2.2 Equipment Frame Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
2.2.2.1 Equipment Frame Dimensions - Open Style Racks . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
2.2.2.2 Equipment Frame Dimensions - Other Rack Styles . . . . . . . . . . 2–9
2.2.2.3 Equipment Frame Dimensions - Special Cases . . . . . . . . . . . 2–10
2.2.2.4 Equipment Frame Cable Management Provisions . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
2.2.2.5 Equipment Frame Interface with Cable Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–11
2.2.3 Equipment Frame Lineup Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
2.2.4 Equipment Frame Floor Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–12
2.2.5 AC Convenience Outlets Within Equipment Frames . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
2.3 Distributing and Interconnecting Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
2.3.1 Distributing Frames (DFs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–14
2.3.2 Interconnecting Frames (IFs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15
2.4 DC Power Plant Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16
2.4.1 Centralized DC Power Plant Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16
2.5 Cable Distribution Systems (CDSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–17
2.5.1 CDS Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
2.5.1.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
2.5.1.2 Overhead Cable Distribution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
2.5.1.3 Cable Distribution Under Raised Floor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–18
2.5.2 Cable Pathways Over Equipment Frame Areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–19
2.5.2.1 Elements of Allocation Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–19
2.5.2.2 System Cable Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–20
2.5.2.3 Via Cable Racks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21

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2.5.2.4 Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21

2.5.3 Cable Pathways Over Distributing Frame (DF) Areas . . . . . . . . . . 2–21
2.5.4 CDS Floor Load and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–21
2.6 Operations Systems (OSs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–22
2.7 Cable Entrance Facility (CEF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
2.7.1 CEF Spatial Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
2.7.2 CEF Loading Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–23
2.7.3 CEF Equipment Temperature and Humidity Requirements . . . . . . . 2–23
2.8 Summary of Equipment Allocations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–24

3 NEBS-2000 Framework Criteria

4 Environmental Criteria
4.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
4.1.1 Transportation and Storage Environmental Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1
4.1.1.1 Low-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
4.1.1.2 High Relative Humidity Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
4.1.1.3 High-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
4.1.2 Operating Temperature and Humidity Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
4.1.3 Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
4.1.4 Temperature Margin Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–5
4.1.5 Fan Cooled Equipment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
4.1.6 Heat Dissipation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–6
4.1.7 Surface Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
4.1.8 Equipment Airflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
4.2 Fire Resistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
4.2.1 Fire-Resistance Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
4.2.2 Equipment Assembly Fire Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–11
4.2.2.1 Frame-Level Fire-Resistance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–12
4.2.2.2 Shelf-Level Fire-Resistance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–13
4.2.2.3 Smoke and Self-Extinguishment Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–14
4.2.3 Use of Fire-Resistant Materials, Components, Wiring, and Cable . . . . 4–15
4.2.3.1 Material/Components Fire-Resistance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . 4–15
4.2.3.2 Cable Distribution Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–17
4.2.4 Smoke Corrosivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
4.2.4.1 Optical Fiber Cable Trays and Raceways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–18
4.3 Equipment Handling Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19
4.3.1 Packaged Equipment Shock Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–19
4.3.1.1 Category A Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
4.3.1.2 Category B Containers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
4.3.2 Unpackaged Equipment Shock Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–20
4.4 Earthquake, Office Vibration, and Transportation Vibration . . . . . . . . . . 4–21
4.4.1 Earthquake Environment and Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21
4.4.1.1 Earthquake Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21
4.4.1.2 Physical Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23
4.4.1.3 Functional Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
4.4.2 Framework and Anchor Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–24
4.4.3 Wall-Mounted Equipment Anchor Criterion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26
4.4.4 Office Vibration Environment and Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26
4.4.4.1 Office Vibration Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26

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4.4.4.2 Physical Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26

4.4.4.3 Functional Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–26
4.4.5 Transportation Vibration Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–27
4.4.5.1 Transportation Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–27
4.5 Airborne Contaminants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–27
4.5.1 Contamination Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–28
4.5.2 Contamination Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–29
4.5.2.1 Environmentally Controlled Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–29
4.5.2.2 Outside Plant (OSP) Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31
4.5.3 Measurement of Contaminant Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32
4.5.4 Equipment - Fan Filters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–32
4.6 Acoustic Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–33
4.7 Illumination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–35
4.7.1 Illumination Criteria for Central Office (CO) Lighting Systems . . . . . 4–35
4.7.1.1 Quantity of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–35
4.7.1.2 Luminance Ratios . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–36
4.7.1.3 Color of Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–37
4.7.2 Illumination Criteria for Network Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–37
4.7.2.1 Surface Reflectance and Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–37
4.7.2.2 Glare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–37

5 Environmental Test Methods

5.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1
5.1.1 Transportation and Storage Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–3
5.1.1.1 Low-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
5.1.1.2 High Relative Humidity Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
5.1.1.3 High-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
5.1.2 Operating Temperature and Relative Humidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–7
5.1.3 Operating Altitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–11
5.1.4 Temperature Margin Determination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–13
5.1.5 Operation with Fan Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
5.1.6 Surface Temperature Test Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
5.1.6.1 Infrared Measurement Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–14
5.1.6.2 Contact Measurement Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
5.1.6.3 Equipment Evaluation Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–15
5.2 Fire Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16
5.2.1 Testing Clarification - Circuit Board Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16
5.2.1.1 Case 1 - No Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–16
5.2.1.2 Case 2 - Mezzanine Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–17
5.2.1.3 Case 3 - Larger or Multiple Mezzanine Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
5.2.2 ANSI T1.319-2003 Test Deviation - Fan Powering Options . . . . . . . . 5–19
5.2.3 Telcordia Needle Flame Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
5.2.3.1 Application to Individual Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
5.2.3.2 In-Situ Application to Individual Components . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
5.2.4 Guidelines for Retesting to Address Product Changes . . . . . . . . . . 5–21
5.2.5 Test Reporting - Additions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–22
5.3 Handling Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–23
5.3.1 Handling Drop Tests - Packaged Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–24
5.3.2 Unpackaged Equipment Drop Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–28
5.4 Earthquake, Office Vibration, and Transportation Vibration Test Methods . . 5–32

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5.4.1 Earthquake Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–32

5.4.1.1 Test Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–34
5.4.1.2 Laboratory Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–35
5.4.1.3 Test Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–37
5.4.1.4 Static Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–39
5.4.1.5 Waveform Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–39
5.4.1.6 Test Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–40
5.4.2 Office Vibration Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–40
5.4.3 Transportation Vibration—Packaged Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–41
5.5 Airborne Contaminants Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–43
5.5.1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–43
5.5.2 Gaseous Contaminants Test Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–43
5.5.2.1 Two Cleaning Procedures for Copper Coupons . . . . . . . . . . . 5–47
5.5.2.2 Test Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–49
5.5.2.3 Measuring Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–50
5.5.2.4 Safety Procedures for Testing Gaseous Contaminants . . . . . . . 5–51
5.5.2.5 Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–51
5.5.2.6 Test Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–51
5.5.3 Hygroscopic Dust Test Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–55
5.5.3.1 Sample Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–55
5.5.3.2 Test Sequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–55
5.5.3.3 Performance Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–56
5.5.3.4 Test Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–56
5.6 Acoustical Measurement Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–57
5.6.1 Procedure for Nominal, 27°C (81°F) Operating Conditions: Test
Room at 27°C (81°F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–57
5.6.2 Procedure for Nominal, 27°C (81°F) Operating Conditions: Test
Room at Other Than 27°C (81°F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–58
5.6.3 Procedure for Nominal, 23°C (73°F) Operating Conditions . . . . . . . 5–58
5.6.4 Procedure for High-Temperature Operating Conditions . . . . . . . . . 5–58
5.7 Lighting Test Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–58
5.7.1 Test 1 - Equipment Assembly - Readability, Glare, and Reflectance
Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–59
5.7.2 Test 2 - Console Illumination, Readability, and Glare Tests . . . . . . . 5–63
5.7.3 Test 3 - Lighting System Tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–65

Appendix A: References
A.1 Telcordia Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–1
A.2 Other Referenced Documents or Material . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A–2

Appendix B: Acronyms

Requirement-Object Index

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List of Figures

Figure 2-1 Framework Base (Typical) — Floor Anchoring Hole Pattern . . . . 2–2
Figure 2-2 Typical 6-Lineup Floor Plan for Nominal 300 mm (12-in) Deep
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–4
Figure 2-3 Typical 4-Lineup Floor Plan for Nominal 460 mm (18-in) Deep
Frames . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–5
Figure 2-4 Typical Equipment Frame Area (Vertical Section) . . . . . . . . . . 2–7
Figure 2-5 Equipment Frame — Overall Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–8
Figure 2-6 Typical Equipment Area Using Frames 1829 mm (6 ft, 0 in) High,
762 mm (2 ft, 6 in) Wide, and 610 mm (2 ft, 0 in) Deep . . . . . . . 2–11
Figure 2-7 Typical Adapter Plate, Spacer, and Hole Locations in the Top of
the Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–13
Figure 2-8 Typical Network Distribution Frame Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–15
Figure 2-9 Typical Network DC Centralized Power Plant Equipment
Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–16
Figure 2-10 Typical Cable Pathways for 305-mm (12-in) Deep Frame Areas
(Conventional Cooling System - Air Diffusers) . . . . . . . . . . . 2–20
Figure 2-11 Typical Cable Pathways for a Distributing Frame Area . . . . . . . 2–22
Figure 4-1 Ambient Temperature and Humidity Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Figure 4-2 Profile View of Conforming Equipment Airflow Schemes Dashed
Method Is Preferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–10
Figure 4-3 Telcordia Earthquake Zone Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–23
Figure 4-4 Transportation Vibration Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–27
Figure 5-1 Low-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 5–4
Figure 5-2 High Relative Humidity Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–5
Figure 5-3 High-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Figure 5-4 Operating Temperature and Humidity - Temperature vs. Time for
Frame-Level Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–9
Figure 5-5 Temperature and Humidity Sensor Locations for Frame-Level Test 5–10
Figure 5-6 Card Removed and Burner Inserted in Plane of PWB . . . . . . . 5–17
Figure 5-7 Parent PWB Removed and Burner Inserted - Mezzanine Card
Left in Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–18
Figure 5-8 Mezzanine Card Removed and Burner Inserted . . . . . . . . . . . 5–19
Figure 5-9 Drop Surfaces for Category A Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–25
Figure 5-10 Test Set-Up for Category A Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–26
Figure 5-11 Drop Surface for Category B Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–27
Figure 5-12 Category B Container - Equipment Handling Drops . . . . . . . . . 5–28
Figure 5-13 Drop Surfaces for Circuit Pack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–29
Figure 5-14 Drop Surfaces for Equipment Less Than 25 kg . . . . . . . . . . . 5–30
Figure 5-15 Drop Surfaces for Equipment More Than 25 kg . . . . . . . . . . . 5–31
Figure 5-16 Unpackaged Rotational Drops for Equipment More Than 25 kg . . 5–31
Figure 5-17 Earthquake Synthesized Waveform - VERTEQII- Zone 4 . . . . . . 5–33
Figure 5-18 Required Response Spectra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–34
Figure 5-19 Transportation Vibration Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–42
Figure 5-20 Sample Test Report (Sheet 1 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–53
Figure 5-20 Sample Test Report (Sheet 2 of 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–54
Figure 5-21 Test 1 - Equipment Assembly, Readability, and Glare . . . . . . . . 5–61
Figure 5-22 Test 1 - Equipment Assembly, Surface Reflectance . . . . . . . . . 5–62

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Figure 5-23 Console Illumination, Readability, and Glare . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–64

Figure 5-24 Lighting System Test 3, Equipment Distribution Frame Areas . . 5–66
Figure 5-25 Lighting System Test 3, Power and Cable Entrance Areas . . . . . 5–67

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GR-63-CORE List of Tables

List of Tables

Table 2-1 Vertical Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2–6

Table 2-2 Summary of Equipment Space and Load Allocations . . . . . . . . 2–24
Table 4-1 Low-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Table 4-2 High Relative Humidity Exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Table 4-3 High-Temperature Exposure and Thermal Shock . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Table 4-4 Ambient1 Temperature and Humidity Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Table 4-5 Equipment Area Heat Release Objective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–8
Table 4-6 Temperature Limits of Touchable Surfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9
Table 4-7 Category A Container Packaged Equipment Shock Criteria . . . . 4–20
Table 4-8 Category B Container Packaged Equipment Shock Criteria . . . . 4–20
Table 4-9 Unpackaged Equipment Shock Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–21
Table 4-10 Correlation of Earthquake Risks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–22
Table 4-11 Outdoor Contaminant Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–30
Table 4-12 Indoor Contaminant Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–31
Table 4-13 Acoustical Noise Emission Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–34
Table 4-14 Minimum Maintained Illumination Level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–36
Table 5-1 Application Criteria for Needle Flame Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–20
Table 5-2 Response Spectrum Analyzer Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–36
Table 5-3 Configuration Guidelines for Shelf-Level Testing . . . . . . . . . . 5–38
Table 5-4 Transportation Vibration Test Severity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–42
Table 5-5 Typical Coupon Weight Gains During MFG Exposures . . . . . . . 5–48
Table 5-6 Target Air Composition and Duration of MFG Testing for
Equipment Designated for Indoor or Outdoor Use . . . . . . . . . 5–50

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