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This chapter explains how to prepare for the installation of Exalogic machines, to
install an Exalogic machine at the site, and to power on the rack and its components.
It contains the following topics:
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Installation Overview
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Prepare to Install an Exalogic Machine
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Power on the System the First Time
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Connect a Laptop to the Exalogic Machine
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What Next?
3.1 Installation Overview
The following list describes the process of installing an Exalogic machine at the site.
Note that you must commission the Exalogic machine after installing it at the site.
Review the safety precautions, guidelines, site checklists, and site requirements.
1.
Ensure that the site is prepared for the installation of the Exalogic Machine.
2.
Unpack the Exalogic machine.
3.
Place the Exalogic machine in its allocated space.
4.
Perform preliminary checks before connecting the power cords.
5.
Perform a visual inspection of the hardware.
6.
Supply rack power and perform the power-on self test device checks.
7.
Switch on the six PDU circuit breakers located on the rear of the PDU A.
8.
Wait three to five minutes for all ILOM service processors to boot.
9.
Verify that the server standby power is on for each compute node.
10.
Verify that the main power is on for each compute node.
11.
Press the soft switches located on the front of the two storage heads of the storage
12.
appliance.
Wait three to five minutes for the storage appliance to start the NFS services,
13.
daemons, and basic services.
Ping the IP address assigned to the storage appliance to verify if the system is up
14.
and running.
Install Planning and Procedure
Install Planning and Procedure 3-1
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