Site Preparation for SGI 2000-Series, Origin Family, Onyx2®, Octane®, and O2®

Document Number: 007-3452-004

CONTRIBUTORS

Written by Eric Zamost

Illustrated by Cheri Brown and Dan Young

Production by Glen Traefald

Additional contributions by Charles Alexander, Dave Alexander, Dilip Amin, Jim Ammon, Karen Andrews, Mark Aubin, Judy Bergwerk, Bob Cook, Steve Dean, Dan Farmer, Steve Hawley, Bob Hoehn, Lauro Manalac, Ed Massey, Tom Mitchell, Ali Mira, Phil Montalban, Richard Nagel, Ron Naminski, David North, Bob Riccomini, Tony Roaque, Joan Roy, Greg Schaem, Richard Singer, Jeff Smith, Carl Strasen, Jim Tennessen, Ting-Yu Tsang, Ted Wong, and Linda Zupic

© 2000, Silicon Graphics, Inc. All rights reserved.

The contents of this document may not be copied or duplicated in any manner, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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Use, duplication, or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Data clause at FAR 52.227-14 and/or in similar or successor clauses in the FAR, or in the DOD, DOE or NASA FAR Supplements. Unpublished rights reserved under the Copyright Laws of the United States. Contractor/manufacturer is Silicon Graphics, Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy., Mountain View, CA 94043-1351.

Silicon Graphics, Challenge, InfiniteReality, O2, Octane, Onyx, Onyx2, Onyx2 InfiniteReality, and RealityMonster are registered trademarks and SGI, the SGI logo, Onyx2 Reality, and Origin are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc. Indy is a registered trademark used under license in the U.S. and owned by Silicon Graphics, Inc. in other countries worldwide.

CrayLink is a trademark of Cray, Inc. MIPS is a registered trademark of MIPS Technologies, Inc. PS/2 is a registered trademark of IBM.

Disclaimer and Use Warning

This Site Preparation Guide (the “Guide”) is intended for use by Silicon Graphics, Inc. (“SGI”) employees, customers, and other business partners only.

Warning: Certain information in this Guide pertains to (i) preparation of site power circuitry for the installation of the Silicon Graphics product(s) covered by this Guide, and (ii) installation of safety and fire and other protection equipment and mechanisms related to the use of Silicon Graphics products. THIS INFORMATION SHOULD BE USED ONLY BY AN APPROPRIATELY LICENSED AND EXPERIENCED TECHNICIAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPLICABLE GOVERNMENTAL RULES, REGULATIONS, AND CODES.

You may not distribute or modify the information in this Guide in whole or in part without the prior written permission of Silicon Graphics. You may print, reproduce, and use the information in this Guide for your internal use only, provided that you (i) do not modify any of such information, and (ii) include this notice in all such copies.

The information and data included in this Guide are subject to change without notice from Silicon Graphics Inc. SILICON GRAPHICS SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE INFORMATION IN THIS GUIDE OR YOUR USE HEREOF, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. SILICON GRAPHICS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, LOST REVENUES, LOST PROFITS, OR LOSS OF PROSPECTIVE ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE, RESULTING FROM THE USE OR MISUSE OF THIS GUIDE, OR THE INFORMATION HEREIN.

FCC Warning

This equipment has been tested and found compliant with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case the user will be required to correct the interference at his or her own expense.

Attention

This product requires the use of external shielded cables in order to maintain compliance pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.