AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements

1. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements Bon Pipkin Associate Director Common Systems Standards AT&T Services, Inc.

2. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements What you need to know to identify appropriate equipment standards: What AT&T Affiliate will use equipment Where will equipment be deployed How will equipment be used

3. AT&T Affiliates • AT&T Inc. • AT&T Local Exchange Carriers • AT&T Internet Services, Inc. • AT&T Services, Inc. • AT&T L.D., ASI • AT&T Information Technologies, Inc. • AT&T Corporation

4. Future AT&T Affiliates? • Bell South • Cingular

5. AT&T Services, Inc. Common Systems District: • Sets equipment physical standards and evaluates new technologies for compliance • Document TP 76200 https://ebiznet.sbc.com/sbcnebs/

6. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements TP 76200 TEAM

7. AT&T Services, Inc. CURRENTLY EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR: • AT&T Local Exchange Carriers • 13 States, Regulated POTS • AT&T Internet Services • Information services provider, nationwide • VoIP, Video, DSL • AT&T Advanced Services, Inc. • DSL provider, nationwide

8. AT&T Services, Inc. FUTURE: EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR? • AT&T Corporation • Current Bell South LEC

9. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements CURRENT EQUIPMENT STANDARDS FOR: • AT&T Corporation – NEDS • SBC SERVICES, INC. – TP 76200

10. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements AT&T Corporation NEDS: • NEBS requirements with some minor modifications • Network interconnection requirements (e.g. fiber requirements). AT&T Corp. will accept NEBS compliance testing to NEDS, TP 76200 or TCG Checklist

11. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements AT&T Services Inc. ATT-TP-76200 Network Equipment Safety and Environmental Reliability Standard

12. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • Scope of AT&T Services Standards: • Traditional NEBS Standards: • Regulated Telephone Companies • Central Office/customer Premises Telecom Equipment • TP 76200 Equipment Standards • Telco Network; Internet Services; DSL; Long Distance; Data • CO; Customer Prem; OSP; Customer Residence; Data Rooms;

13. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • TP 76200 Standards Applications • Equipment Application • Deployment Locations

14. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • TP 76200 Evaluation Levels • Level 1: Safety Requirements (Collocation, test heads, FOAs) • Level 2: Safety and Modified Reliability Requirements • Level 3: Safety and Full Reliability Requirements • Ancillary

15. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • Equipment Deployment Locations • CO, Huts, CEVs • Customer Premises • Non-CO Buildings • Mission Critical Data Rooms • OSP Cabinets, Level 2, 3 Environments • OSP Customer Premises • AT&T Labs

16. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • Equipment Requirement Matrix

17. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • Compliance Test Standards • TP 76200 • TCG Checklist • GR-63-CORE, Issue 3 • GR-1089-CORE, Issue 4

18. AT&T Network Equipment Physical Requirements • END • Questions?