Table Of Contents - HPE Edgeline EL8000 Setup And Configuration Manual

Contents
Overview................................................................................................................................... 6
Setup and configuration........................................................................................................ 7
Checklist...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Planning the installation........................................................................................................8
Safety and regulatory compliance....................................................................................................................................................................................8
Site requirements....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Component identification...................................................................................................... 9
System components..................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
HPE Edgeline EL8000 Converged Edge system.....................................................................................................................................................9
Power supply LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 11
Chassis manager components......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
Rack mount option................................................................................................................14
Installing the two-post rack mount kit........................................................................................................................................................................14
Installing the four-post rack mount kit.......................................................................................................................................................................17
Associated hardware procedures...................................................................................... 21
Powering down the system............................................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Powering up the system......................................................................................................................................................................................................21
Removing the blade from the chassis......................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Installing the server blade into the chassis..............................................................................................................................................................22
Configuration.........................................................................................................................24
Prepare for configuration................................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Connecting to Edgeline EL8000 Chassis Manager the first time............................................................................................................... 24
Edgeline EL8000 Chassis Manager web interface.............................................................................................................................................. 25
Complete the network configuration using Edgeline EL8000 Chassis Manager .............................................................................27
Network connection management ...............................................................................................................................................................................27
Space and airflow requirement.........................................................................................................................................................................8
Power requirement.................................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
Temperature requirements.................................................................................................................................................................................8
EL8000 chassis with 1U server blades installed....................................................................................................................................9
EL8000 chassis with 2U server blades installed.................................................................................................................................10
EL8000 Chassis with both 1U and 2U server blades installed...................................................................................................10
Connecting to the web interface using Ethernet................................................................................................................................ 24
Connecting to the CLI in a serial session................................................................................................................................................. 25
Enabling JavaScript for Internet Explorer...............................................................................................................................................26
Logging in to the web interface.................................................................................................................................................................... 26
About the Edgeline EL8000 Chassis Manager web interface controls..................................................................................27
Viewing the network configuration summary.......................................................................................................................................28
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