Appendix A. Planning Worksheets - IBM 8677 - BladeCenter Rack-mountable - Power Supply Planning And Installation Manual

Appendix A. Planning worksheets

This appendix provides worksheets to help plan for the installation of BladeCenter
units. The worksheets are provided in building-block order where:
1. The "Blade Server worksheet" on page 86 helps you plan for one to fourteen
2. The "8677 BladeCenter worksheet" on page 88 helps you plan for one to six
3. The "Rack worksheet" on page 90 helps you aggregate total BladeCenter
4. The "Cabling worksheet" on page 92 helps you plan for external network
5. The "Power worksheet" on page 94 helps you plan for adequate power
For guidance on the amount of time to complete physical installation of
components, blade servers, and BladeCenter units, see "Physical installation time"
on page 72.
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8678 blade servers per BladeCenter unit. Specify software and hardware
options on this worksheet.
8677 BladeCenter units per rack. Specify 8677 rack location and weight on this
worksheet.
weight, PDU weight, and mounting kit weight to ensure that:
v The weight of the BladeCenter units and other hardware does not exceed the
rack load limits
v The combined weight of the BladeCenter units and rack does not exceed
floor load limits
connections. This section also provides information about cable media and
maximum lengths.
resources.
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