Section 1 Preparing For Installation; Documentation Updates; Customer-Provided Hardware - NEC Express5800/A1160 Installation Manual

Section 1
Preparing for Installation
This installation document describes how to install your new Express5800/A1160
system. The installer must have knowledge and experience with server hardware
installation.
Because of the server weight, the hardware installation requires a minimum of two
people to ensure a safe installation.
After installing system hardware, you will also need to do the following:
1. Install Server Management software on your management server, if you have not
already done so.
2. Install operating system software and Server Management software on the
Express5800/A1160 partitions and then configure the software.
Complete the procedures in the order in which they are shown. Depending on your
specific configuration, some procedures may not apply; just skip them.

1.1. Documentation Updates

This document contains all the information that was available at the time of publication.
The latest version of the document may be found in the Product Support Web Site:
http://support.necam.com/servers/Enterprise/

1.2. Customer-Provided Hardware

The following customer-provided hardware is required to complete the installation:
LAN cable for the maintenance LAN
- CAT5 cable
Additional LAN cables (CAT5 or CAT6 — Gigabit) for connection to the public LAN
Keyboard, video, and mouse for each partition
- USB keyboard and mouse for each partition
- Monitor for the partition
The keyboard, video display, and mouse (KVM) must be directly connected to
the component during installation and cannot be redirected to a remote
workstation. After installation is complete, the keyboard, video display, and
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