Task 1: Prepare A Site Plan - HP StorageWorks 64 - SAN Director Switch Planning Manual

Configuration Planning Tasks

Task 1: Prepare a Site Plan

For each director, switch, or equipment rack installed, design a site plan that
provides efficient work flow, operator convenience and safety, and adequate
service clearances for the equipment rack.
A customer manager should review the site plan with a service representative and
consider:
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Location and relationship of the physical facilities such as walls, doors,
windows, partitions, furniture, and telephones.
Proximity of the director or switch to servers and storage peripherals, and if a
multi-switch fabric is to be enabled, proximity of participating fabric elements
to each other.
Location of at least one analog phone line to aid in installation and
serviceability.
Availability of Ethernet local area network (LAN) connections and cabling to
support remote user workstation and simple network management protocol
(SNMP) management station access. Remote user and SNMP workstations
are optional.
Equipment rack locations, Ethernet cabling, and the Internet Protocol (IP)
addressing scheme to support optional rack interconnection and HAFM server
consolidation.
Power requirements, including an optional uninterruptable power supply
(UPS).
Lengths of power cables and location of electrical outlets (for directors,
switches, and the HAFM server) having the proper phase, voltage, amperage,
and ground connection.
WARNING: An insulated grounding conductor identical in size, insulating
material, and thickness to the grounded and ungrounded branch-circuit supply
conductors (except it is green, with or without one or more yellow stripes) shall
be installed as part of the branch circuit supplying the product. The grounding
conductor described shall be connected to ground at the product, or if
supplied by a separately derived system, at the supply transformer or motor
generator. The plug receptacles near the product shall all be a grounding type,
and grounding conductors serving these receptacles shall be connected to
ground at the product.
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