Installing The Cable Management Bracket; Installing The Releasable Cable Ties To Secure The Infiniband Cables - HP Cluster Platform Hardware Kits v2010 Installation Manual

2 Installing the Cable Management Bracket

Figure 2-1 shows the correct orientation of the cable management bracket that you must install
before connecting the cables to the InfiniBand switch. The bracket provides strain relief for the
InfiniBand ports, and maintains the correct minimum cable bend radius.
Note:
One cable management kit is required for each InfiniBand switch.
2.1 Installing the Cable Management Bracket
To install the cable management bracket, follow these steps:
1. Align the cable management bracket (callout 2 in
InfiniBand switch.
Note:
The location of the cable management bracket depends on the rack position occupied by the
InfiniBand switch.
2. Using the top hole in the same "U" location as the InfiniBand switch, fasten the cable
management bracket (callout 2 in
by using two M6 pan-head screws (callout 3 in
torque (see
Figure 2-1 Mounting the Cable Management Bracket

2.2 Installing the Releasable Cable Ties to Secure the InfiniBand Cables

To install the InfiniBand cables and secure them with the releasable cable ties, follow these steps:
Note:
For instructions on how to install cables in the InfiniBand switch or remove cables from the
InfiniBand switch, read the installation guide for the InfiniBand switch type that you installed.
1. Looking in from the rear of the rack, install one InfiniBand cable in the top left port and the
other cable in the bottom left port of the InfiniBand switch (see
2. Secure two of the InfiniBand cables at a time (callout 3 in
bracket by sliding the releasable cable tie down through the second slot from the left on the
Figure
Table 1-1).
1
2
3
Figure 2-1) in the same "U" location as the
2-1) to the rear rack columns (callout 1 in
Figure 2-1) and tighten them to the specified
Figure
2.1 Installing the Cable Management Bracket
Figure
Figure 2-2).
2-2) to the cable management
2-1)
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