System Design and Project Management
Understanding your network needs and properly
planning for them requires close, frequent communication. Sorrento's
engineers, planners, and field personnel are seasoned professionals
with years of network Engineer, Furnish, and Install (EFI)
experience. Our people are empowered experts in their field,
equipped with the essential tools and backing necessary to serve
your network needs.
Because of the modular pay-as-you-grow
architecture of the AcroTek solution, our systems can be
easily configured to meet your changing network requirements and
expand as your network evolves - from start to finish. When you
purchase a AcroTek product, you not only buy a
carrier-class system, but also gain years of technical service,
training, and support experience from the first company to develop
and deploy a Metro DWDM solution.
AcroTek
customers enjoy the following system design and project management
support:
System Design
- Custom site installation package including bay elevation,
system interconnect, and site interconnect drawings at start of
project.
- Updated drawing package at conclusion of project reflecting
any changes made during the installation project.
- Sales Engineer available for consultation as required through
project completion.
Project Management
- Project coordination available, including schedule and
progress reporting, through project completion.
Pre-installation, Installation, and
Testing
The buying process for a Sorrento solution does
not end with the sale. AcroTek is dedicated to ensuring
that your optical networking system is received and installed to
your specifications and according to your timeframe. Our team of
professional service experts installed the first Metro DWDM system
in 1997 - and hundreds since - and is trained to bring your new
optical networking system up and running within hours.
Sorrento's involvement in the installation consists of
everything from physically mounting the shelf and power supplies, to
performing a channel qualification using bit-error rate testers.
Experts in fiber optic handling techniques, Sorrento's certified
optical networking installation specialists are trained to ensure
that your network is operating at maximum efficiency.
AcroTek customers enjoy the following
pre-installation, installation, and testing support:
Pre-installation
- Meeting with appropriate customer and Sorrento personnel to
review SOW, project schedule, site access, logistics,
points-of-contact, and final verification of site readiness.
- OTDR measurements for all trunk interconnections, identifying
any anomalies to customer for resolution.
- Verification of site readiness per Sorrento Planning Manual,
identifying any anomalies to customer for resolution.
- Verification of delivery of equipment crates to each site.
Unpacking / Installation
- Unpacking (or supervision of unpacking) and inspection of
equipment for shipping damage and completeness.
- Assembly of Sorrento equipment including rack mounting of
chassis, power supply frames, and power supplies.
- Installation of modules per configuration.
- Installation of intra-rack cabling per configuration.
External Cabling
- Dressing and connection of power and ground leads for "A" and
"B" feeds to BDFB / Power Source / fuse panel.
- Routing and dressing of customer-provided optical fiber
jumpers from fiber patch panel to Sorrento equipment, in those
cases where patch panel is within ten feet of the equipment.
- Connection of customer-provided LAN connections as necessary.
In-Bay Test and Power-Up
- Verification of continuity on all external optical cabling.
- Power-up of each bay, verifying each load for "A" and "B"
feeds to Power Source per Sorrento Installation Manual.
- Verification that levels / OSA amplitudes are within product
specifications.
- Completion of commissioning and provisioning procedures per
Sorrento Installation Manual.
End-to-End System Line-up and Test
- Connection of fiber trunks, verifying that receive levels meet
end-equipment specifications.
- Verification of transmission signals for all equipped circuits
between each Network Element site.
- Testing of status of the LAN communications, if applicable.
- Performance of test procedures per Sorrento Installation
Manual. Bit error rate (BER) tests shall be conducted to verify
error-free performance.
- Connection of customer-provided end-equipment (SONET) optical
cables to Sorrento equipment, verifying transmit/receive levels
within specifications.
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