Site requirements

The server may be located in an office space or a purpose-made equipment room. The location must:
  • Comply with local health and safety regulations.

  • Be clean, tidy, and free of excessive dust and vibration.

  • Be in an area in which the server cannot easily be disconnected from its power source.

  • Not be adjacent to or underneath any area or piece of equipment where liquid is stored.

  • Not be in a place where the server might be bumped, scratched, or disturbed.

  • Be within an area that is ideally locked or at minimum not accessible to unauthorized personnel.

  • Be within patching distance, directly or via cable management cross-patches, of the location of the WAN connection and the switch that supplies the office/room floor network ports.