Installing The Fastserve | Playout System; Electrostatic Discharge Precautions; Installing Fastserve | Playout Hardware In A Rack - Avid Technology FastServe Playout Setup Manual

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Installing the FastServe | Playout System

This chapter describes how to install a FastServe | Playout server on your site.
Topics in this chapter include:
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Electrostatic Discharge Precautions

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Installing FastServe | Playout Hardware in a Rack

• Installing the Drives in the Server
• Cabling the Server
• Turning On the Server
Electrostatic Discharge Precautions
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage disk drives, cards, and other parts. Avid recommends that
you perform all procedures in this chapter only at an ESD workstation. If one is not available,
provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap attached to chassis ground (any
unpainted metal surface) on your server when handling parts.
ESD and handling PCIe Cards
Always handle cards carefully. They can be extremely sensitive to ESD. Hold cards only by their
edges. After removing a card from its protective wrapper or from the server, place the card
component side up on a grounded, static free surface. Use a conductive foam pad if available but not
the card wrapper. Do not slide the card over any surface.
Installing FastServe | Playout Hardware in a Rack
The FastServe | Playout server is designed for 19-inch racks and requires two EIA rack units (3U), or
130 mm of rack space. Dimensions of the FastServe | Playout server are: Height 130mm; Width
443mm, Depth 790mm, Weight 48kg (approx.).
The FastServe | Playout server includes rack mounting slide rails. The standard rail configuration is
for racks with square mounting holes. The rack-mounting kit requires inner slide rails be mounted to
the FastServe | Playout server and the outer slide rails are mounted to the rack. Once both, the inner
and outer rails are in place, slide the server with the inner rails attached into the outer rails. Secure the
server in the rack so it does not slide forward.
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The FastServe | Playout server is designed to be installed horizontally in a rack. Installing the
FastServe | Playout on an angle or in a sloped console causes the internal drives to wear faster
than the intended life of the drive.
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To ensure the stability of the rack enclosure, start from the bottom when you install the rack
components in the rack enclosure.