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Turning on the power to the cabinets
To turn on the power to the cabinets, complete the following steps:
1. Turn on any switches. This is necessary so that cluster components can
2. Turn on any storage expansion enclosures.
3. Turn on any storage controllers.
4. Turn on the storage server or servers. Management and compute servers
5. Turn on the management server or servers.
6. Turn on the compute servers.
Repeat the procedure for every cabinet unit in the cluster before powering on the
primary cabinet.
Attaching rack cabinets in a suite
The rack cabinets come with all the hardware that is required for you to attach rack
cabinets together and form a suite. To attach the rack cabinets together in a suite,
complete the following steps.
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communicate when they are brought online.
Note: These must be brought online before the controllers to prevent an error
condition.
depend on the mount points on the storage servers.
Note: By turning on the management servers before you turn on the compute
servers, you can turn on the compute servers faster.
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