Floor Covering; Floor Cutouts - HP StorageWorks XP12000 Site Preparation Manual

Floor covering

Caution
Caution

Floor cutouts

Site Requirements
• Furniture such as desks, chairs, and storage cabinets
• Computer room personnel
• Moving equipment such as forklifts, dollies, and similar items
The lower the floor load rating, the more clearance is required around the
array to distribute the equipment weight correctly. If your computer room is
too small to allow for minimum required clearance around the array, you
may need to increase the floor load rating. For more on required clearance,
see "Floor clearance"
HP recommends the use of a tiled raised floor.
HP strongly discourages the use of carpeting, including antistatic varieties,
within 6.0 m (20 ft.) of the disk array. Over time, carpeting may shed dust
that can cause problems with the disk array.
If your computer room has carpeting, place static discharge mats where
personnel must walk across them before touching any part of the array.
Failure to comply with this precaution can result in equipment damage
through static discharge.
Figure 2 (page 30) and Figure 3
cutouts under the DKC and DKU. Basically, position floor cutouts toward
the center of the cabinet. The position may be off-center as long as the
cutout is within the allowable range and allows smooth entrance of an
external cable (check the relationship between the position of the cutout
and the opening on the bottom of the cabinet).
(page 33).
(page 31) show the locations of floor
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