Preparing The Site - HPE D3600 User Manual

Preparing the site

Preparing your site includes:
Providing adequate structural support
Calculate the total weight of your equipment and verify that your site can support the weight.
For HPE ProLiant server environments, consider using Rack Builder, a software tool that
provides a simplified method to planning and configuring racks and rack-mountable products.
Rack Builder is available on the Options tab of the ProLiant Home page of the Hewlett
Packard Enterprise servers website: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/servers.html.
Providing adequate clearance space and ventilation
Be sure to provide adequate clearance around the front and back of the racks. Provide at
least 63.5 cm (25 in) in the front of the rack to allow the doors to open fully and provide at
least 76.2 cm (30 in) in the rear of the rack to allow for servicing and airflow.
If there are unused spaces in your rack, attach blanking panels across those empty spaces
to force the airflow through the components instead of through the open spaces.
Providing adequate and redundant sources of power
Make sure that you have two high-line power feeds installed near your computer. These two
power sources usually come from the same external power grid, but occasionally might
originate from different grids or even entirely different sources.
For protection against a power-source failure, obtain and include two uninterruptible power
supplies (UPS) in your installation. See the following URL for a list of available UPS:http://
www.hpe.com/servers/ups
For power consumption specifications, see the QuickSpecs for your disk enclosure model.
To ensure continuous, safe, and reliable operation of your equipment, place your system in an
approved environment.
Consider using the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Configurator (eCO) to help plan and configure
racks and rack-mountable devices. The eCO is available on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise
website: http://www.hpe.com/info/SimpleConfigurator.
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