--- title: Nile Deployment Readiness Template slug: nile-deployment-readiness-template createdAt: 2025-05-23T04:37:25.093Z --- # Overview The document outlines a comprehensive checklist for site readiness and configuration Readiness, especially focusing on IT closet infrastructure. **Site Readiness ** It provides detailed recommendations regarding closet size, construction materials, cooling requirements, power specifications, and rack installations to ensure optimal operations. The checklist includes various closet sizes suitable for different areas, emphasizes a robust cooling system with specific temperature and humidity controls, and mandates dual redundant power setups. Additionally, it details requirements for power distribution and rack configurations, ensuring adequate airflow and grounding.Cabling considerations emphasize the installation of high-quality cables, termination standards, and maintaining clean and accessible cable trays. **Migration and Configuration Readiness** Migration and configuration readiness checklist provides details processes and comprehensive network design. It also includes necessary information for settings such as DHCP and wireless SSID configurations, along with supported firewall vendors. Ultimately, these guidelines aim to facilitate a functional and efficient IT environment ready for Nile Access Service deployment. # Site Readiness ## IT Infrastructure Checklist **Closet ** Please consider physical environment, functional space and other considerations to right size closet area. You may refer to the industry standard recomendations such as [BICSI ](https://www.bicsi.org/standards/available-standards-store/single-purchase)for right-sizing the closet. **Closet Size** - [ ] Closet size of 5’x7’ feet to serve up to 5,000 sq. ft. - [ ] Closet size of 6’x9’ feet to serve up to 10,000 sq. ft. - [ ] Closet size of 8’x12’ feet to serve up to 20,000 sq. ft. **Closet Room Construction Material** - [ ] Interior walls: Insulated steel frame with gypsum board - [ ] Floor: 4-inch concrete slab - [ ] Ceiling: ½ inch acoustic tiles - [ ] Exterior walls: Insulated concrete with foam sheathing **Closet Cooling** - [ ] Dedicated Cooling - [ ] High efficiency cooling system (7x24) - [ ] Redundant cooling system in place - [ ] Operates in low ambient temperature (0°F) - [ ] Cooling capacity reviewed (1-3 Ton = 3.4-10 kW) - [ ] Capacity - [ ] Minimum 1 Ton = 12,000 BTUH = 3.4 kW - [ ] Maximum 3 Ton = 36,000 BTUH = 10 kW - [ ] Room temperature range maintained (72–80°F) - [ ] Room humidity maintained at 50% - [ ] Cooling Type - [ ] House Air - [ ] Exhaust Fan - [ ] Rack Cooler - [ ] Mini Split - [ ] Ceiling Split - [ ] Airflow Clearance - [ ] Minimum 2 feet airflow clearance front and back of racks **Power** - [ ] 1100 W dual redundant power supported - [ ] UPS Readiness - [ ] UPS size between 1 kW and 10 kW - [ ] UPS Type: Line Interactive / On-Line (recommended) - [ ] Clean and well-regulated power source - [ ] Pure Sine Wave Output UPS selected to ensure the UPS provides a pure sine wave output (not simulated or approximated). - [ ] Avoid Stepped Approximation or Simulated Sine Wave UPS ( Do not use "stepped approximation" or "simulated sinewave" UPS models, as they can cause instability or equipment malfunction. ) - [ ] UPS Capacity matches NSB power requirements ( Confirm the UPS is rated for the full load of the NSB installation, including any PoE-powered devices. ) - [ ] UPS runtime supports graceful shutdown or failover ( Ensure the backup power duration meets operational needs or failover time thresholds.) - [ ] Regular UPS health check scheduled (Add periodic checks to verify battery health and proper waveform output.) - [ ] Battery backup for 4 to 10 minutes - [ ] Backup generator available. - [ ] Power redundancy - [ ] Centralized - [ ] Distributed **Power Distribution** - [ ] High-quality PDU installed - [ ] Data center power products include upgradeable power distribution units, inline power meters, transfer switches and monitoring sensors - [ ] Inline power meters present - [ ] Transfer switches \<10 ms transfer time - [ ] Monitoring sensors installed - [ ] Single/Redundant power strips used **Racks** - [ ] 4-Post Racks (Standard 19” Equipment Front Panel, 18 – 5/16” Center to center, 17-3/4th minimum opening) installed - [ ] 2-Post rack used where applicable (45U) - [ ] Rack is grounded using ground lug - [ ] If the rack is not grounded or cannot be grounded, the switch is grounded directly by means of the provided ground lug - [ ] 4 feet distance maintained between racks in multi-rack install to prevent switches/Head Ends (HE) from drawing in the hot air exhausted by another switch/HE - [ ] Rackmount UPS - [ ] Rackmount UPS supports extended battery module - [ ] Wall-Mount Rack Enclosures - [ ] Wall-mount rack (4-Post 12U or 6U) installed where needed - [ ] Rackmount PDUs - [ ] Rackmount PDU installed (Horizontal/Vertical) **Reference Nile Devices Physical and Environmental Specification** | **Feature\Nile Device Model** | **NSW200** | **NSW250** | **NSW1000** | **NSW1500** | **NHE1000** | | -------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------ | | Physical dimensions | 440mm x 350mm x 44mm | 433mm X 425mm X 44.3mm | 433mm x 410mm x 43.5mm | 433mm x 410mm x 43.5mm | 437mm x 504mm x 43mm | | | 17.3” x 13.8” x 1.73” (WxDxH) | 17” X 16.7” X 1.74” (W X D X H) | 17” x 16.1” x 1.7” (W x D x H) | 17” x 16.1” x 1.7” (W x D x H) | 17.2in x 19.85in x 1.7in (W x D x H) | | Weight | 6.74 kg | Switch+Tray+PSU – 8.9 kg | 15.05 kg | 14.77 kg | 8 kg | | Operating temperature | 0\~45 °C | 0\~45 °C | 0\~45 °C | 0\~45 °C | 10°C to 35°C with RH 90% | | Operating altitude | 10000ft | 10000ft | 10000ft | 10000ft | 10000ft (not given in spec) | | Operating humidity | 85% (non-condensing) | 85% (non-condensing) | 85% (non-condensing) | 85% (non-condensing) | 90% (non-condensing) | | Storage temperature and humidity | -40°C to 70°C with RH 95% | -40°C to 70°C with RH 95% | -40℃ to 70℃ with RH 95% | -40℃ to 70℃ with RH 95% | -40°C to 70°C with 95% RH | | Operating Power | 150W (excluding PoE) | 300W (including PoE) | 391W (excluding PoE) | 412W | 303W | | Mounting requirements | 2 Post Net Rack, 1U | 2 Post/ 4 Post Net Rack, Wall mount | 2 Post/ 4 Post Net Rack, 1U | 2 Post/ 4 Post Net Rack, 1U | 2 Post/ 4 Post Net Rack, 1U | | Rack requirements | Standard 19-inches rack | Standard 19-inches rack | Standard 19-inches rack | Standard 19-inches rack | Standard 19-inches rack | | PoE (PSE) Budget | 850W (Redundant) | 150W (non-redundant) | 650W (redundant) | | | | Airflow | Front to Back | Front to Back | Front to Back | Front to Back | Front to Back | | PSU / Power source | 1000W (110VAC)
1200W (230VAC)
Dual redundant
| 300W external Power supply (non-redundant) | 1100W dual redundant | 550W dual redundant | 400W dual redundant | ## Cabling Checklist | **Nile Equipment Interconnect** | **Recommendation** | **Checklist** | | ---------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | | Nile Access Switching to Nile Access Point | Installed up to 300 linear feet (Indoor / Outdoor) CAT6A Plenum rated shielded cable for Indoor / Non-Plenum rated shielded cable for Outdoor. Left 10 linear feet of cable length coiled up near the Access Point location. For reliable operation and connectivity via BLE, please ensure that the distance from the device is less than 30ft. | ☐ | | Nile Access Switching to Nile Distribution Switching | Used OM4 or OS2 | ☐ | | Nile Access Switching to Client | Used Cat5e or higher for 1 GbE | ☐ | | Nile Gateway to Customer Router /Firewall | Used Cat6a for 1 Gbe | ☐ | | Nile Gateway to Customer Router /Firewall | Used OM4/OS2 for 10GbE | ☐ | **Patch Panels and Patch Cables Checklist** - [ ] Quality Cables Installed - [ ] Quality Terminations - [ ] Cable Length Slack provided - [ ] Quality Patch Panel installed - [ ] Patch Cables Length installed as Required **Cable Tray Checklist** - [ ] Clean, Visible, and Non-blocking Air Flow and LED Access - [ ] No Overloaded Cable Trays - [ ] No Sharp Bending of Ethernet and Fiber Cables - [ ] Minimum Bend Radius for Copper Cable: 5x Outer Diameter (OD) ensured - [ ] Minimum Bend Radius for Fiber Cable: 10x Outer Diameter (OD) ensured *** # Migration & Configuration Readiness ### Migration Checklist | **Settings** | **Checklist** | | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | | [Migration Process and Strategies](docId\:BZibyF7A30TITJPjPZidS) | ☐ | | [Migration Topologies](docId:0bMjc3u6K0wngj3eMv2wY) | ☐ | ### Settings Checklist | **Settings** | **Checklist** | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------- | | [Generic Upstream Firewall Guide](docId\:B7wdYf_k1g38UvtutUcTL) | ☐ | | [Setup Service Areas](docId\:M0t6wvhGlM1aU6ECyhJ10) | ☐ | | [Setup DHCP](docId\:yF0RQ3chVX1tCLBSyaMV7) | ☐ | | [Setup Authentication](docId:8TR_0K-qMkdxBfh_s77zK) | ☐
| | [Setup Guest Portal](docId\:rJh2O8wZfqisF_Xv1nepD) | ☐ | | [Setup Segments](docId\:PEbVdf0dbCBqaExUuX6Af) | ☐ | | [Setup Wireless/SSID](docId\:DxkV9k5jEYWx3p9RWnxLU) | ☐ | | [Setup MAC Authentication](docId\:JiOw3w-Q871NaENvwaooP) | ☐ | | [Configure Alerts](docId\:KtT1rrAKUinKZ2zmCzZW3) | ☐ | | [Static IP Management](https://docs.nilesecure.com/static-ip-management#Svh3B) | ☐ | ### Supported Firewall Checklist | **Vendor** | **Checklist** | | ---------- | ------------- | | Meraki | ☐ | | Palo Alto | ☐ | | Fortinet | ☐ | | Juniper | ☐ | | Cisco | ☐ | | Nexus | ☐ | | Velo Cloud | ☐ | | Sophos | ☐ | *** ###