Site Preparation, Unpacking The Dc San Director - HP A7533A - Brocade 4Gb SAN Switch Base Hardware Reference Manual

Installation task
Installing SFP and XFP (10-Gb/s)
optical transceivers
Attaching fiber optic cables, cable
ties, and cable guides
Establishing serial connection,
logging on to DC SAN Director,
and configuring IP addresses
Installing Ethernet cable(s) and
configuring the DC SAN Director
name, policies, domain ID, PIDs,
or additional system parameters

Site preparation, unpacking the DC SAN Director

IMPORTANT:
See "Regulatory compliance and safety
setting up the DC SAN Director.
The following steps are required to ensure correct installation and operation:
1. Provide a space that is 14 rack units (14U) high, 61.29 cm (24.09 in.) deep, and 43.74 cm
(17.22 in.). 1U is equal to 4.45 cm (1.75 in.)
2. Plan to install the DC SAN Director with the non-port side facing the aisle. The DC SAN Director
can be installed facing either direction, if serviceability and cooling requirements are met.
3. Plan for cable management before installing the chassis (see
Cables can be managed in a variety of ways, such as by routing cables below the chassis, to
either side of the chassis, through cable channels on the sides of the cabinet, or by using patch
panels.
30 DC SAN Director Installation
Time estim- Items required
ate
30 minutes SFP and XFP (10-Gb/s) optical transceivers
60 minutes Fiber optic cables, cable ties, and pillars
10 minutes Serial cable (provided in the DC SAN Director access-
ory kit)
One workstation computer with a serial port or
terminal server port and a terminal emulator
application (such as HyperTerminal)
Three Ethernet addresses: one each for the DC SAN
Director, CP blade, and Core switch blade
20 minutes Ethernet cabling (optional) for Telnet access. All other
configuration parameters are optional. Refer to the
HP StorageWorks Fabric OS 6.2.x administrator
guide for Port Identifier (PID).
notices" on page 229 for important safety guidelines before
"Managing cables" on page 43).