Deployment Guide

Rack system safety precautions
The following safety requirements must be considered when the enclosure is mounted in a rack:
● The rack construction must support the total weight of the installed enclosures. The design should incorporate stabilizing
features to prevent the rack from tipping or being pushed over during installation or in normal use.
● When loading a rack with enclosures, fill the rack from the bottom up; and empty the rack from the top down.
● Always remove all power supply modules to minimize weight, before loading the enclosure into the rack.
● Do not try to lift the enclosure by yourself.
CAUTION: To prevent of the rack falling over, never move more than one enclosure out of the cabinet at any one
time.
● The system must be operated with low-pressure rear exhaust installation. The back pressure that is created by rack doors
and obstacles must not exceed 5 pascals (0.5 mm water gauge).
● The rack design should take into consideration the maximum operating ambient temperature for the enclosure. The maximum
operating temperature is 35ºC (95ºF) for controllers and 40ºC (104ºF) for expansion enclosures.
● The rack should have a safe electrical distribution system. It must provide overcurrent protection for the enclosure. Make
sure that the rack is not overloaded by the total number of enclosures that are installed in the rack. Consideration should be
given to the electrical power consumption rating shown on the nameplate.
● The electrical distribution system must provide a reliable connection for each enclosure in the rack.
● Each PSU or PCM in each enclosure has a grounding leakage current of 1.0 mA. The design of the electrical distribution
system must take into consideration the total grounding leakage current from all the PSUs/PCMs in all the enclosures. The
rack requires labeling with “High Leakage Current. Grounding connection essential before connecting supply.”
Installation checklist
This section shows how to plan for and successfully install your enclosure system into an industry standard 19-inch rack cabinet.
CAUTION: Use only the power cables supplied when installing the storage system.
The following table outlines the steps that are required to install the enclosures, and initially configure and provision the storage
system:
NOTE: To ensure successful installation, perform the tasks in the order presented.
Table 1. Installation checklist
Step Task Where to find procedure
1 Unpack the enclosure. See Unpack the enclosure on page 6.
2 Install the controller enclosure and optional expansion enclosures in
the rack.
1
See Required tools on page 11.
See Requirements for rackmount installation
on page 11.
See Install the 2U enclosure on page 15.
See Install the 5U84 enclosure on page 16.
3 Populate drawers with disks (DDICs) in 5U84 enclosure; 2U
enclosures ship with disks installed.
See Populating drawers with DDICs on page
14.
4 Cable the optional expansion enclosures. See Connect optional expansion enclosures on
page 18.
5 Connect the management ports. See Connect to the management network on
page 21.
6 Cable the controller host ports.
2
See Connecting the enclosure to hosts on
page 22.
7 Connect the power cords and power on the system. See Power cable connection on page 30.
8 Perform system and storage setup. See Using guided setup on page 33.
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