Contents
Planning the installation ................................................................................................................. 5
Site requirements .......................................................................................................................................... 5
Configuration guidelines ............................................................................................................................... 5
Power requirements ............................................................................................................................ 5
HP Advanced Power Manager ............................................................................................................ 5
Compiling the documentation ........................................................................................................................ 6
Warnings and cautions................................................................................................................................. 6
Temperature requirements ............................................................................................................................. 8
Grounding requirements ............................................................................................................................... 8
System components ...................................................................................................................................... 9
Server tray bay numbering .......................................................................................................................... 10
Rear panel components .............................................................................................................................. 10
Fan assembly bay numbering ............................................................................................................ 11
Fan LED ........................................................................................................................................... 11
I/O module bay numbering .............................................................................................................. 13
Power supply LEDs ..................................................................................................................................... 14
Installing the chassis .................................................................................................................... 15
Installation overview ................................................................................................................................... 15
Unpacking the system ................................................................................................................................. 15
Installing the rack rails ................................................................................................................................ 15
Installing a server ............................................................................................................................. 18
Installing an I/O module ................................................................................................................... 19
Installing the fans ............................................................................................................................. 20
Installing a power cage .................................................................................................................... 20
Installing the power shelf ............................................................................................................................. 22
Cabling ..................................................................................................................................... 27
Cabling overview ....................................................................................................................................... 27
Example configurations ..................................................................................................................... 30
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