Install Expansion Pcie Cards; Check All Cable Connections And Airflow; Check The Drive Bay Setup; Check The System Disk Drives - Silicon Graphics Rackable C2112-4G3 User Manual

2: Server Installation

Install Expansion PCIe Cards

Check all Cable Connections and Airflow

Check the Drive Bay Setup

Check the System Disk Drives

Check the Airflow

Supply Power to the System

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You can install one low-profile expansion PCIe card in each serverboard in the system. PCIe
boards installed must be less than 5.9 inches (15 cm) in length. Refer to
Troubleshooting and Chassis Service,"
Make sure all power and data cables are properly connected and not blocking the chassis airflow.
Refer to Chapter 3 for details on cable connections.
Next, you should check to make sure the system 3.5-inch hard disk drives and disk drive backplane
have been properly installed and all connections have been made.
All drives are accessible from the front of the server. The 3.5-inch hard drives can be installed and
removed from the front of the chassis without removing the top chassis cover. Depending upon
your system configuration, your system may have four or more drives installed. For detailed
information about how to install disk drives, see
Airflow is provided by four hot-swappable 8-cm chassis cooling fans. The system component
layout was carefully designed to direct sufficient cooling airflow to the components that generate
the most heat. Make sure that all power and data cables have been routed in such a way that they
do not block the airflow generated by the fans.
If necessary, install the system in a rack (refer to
connect the power cords from the power supply modules into a power strip or power distribution
unit (PDU). SGI also recommends that you use an optionally available uninterruptible power
supply (UPS) source.
for information on installing PCIe expansion cards.
"Drive Bay Installation/Removal" in Chapter
"Install the System into a Rack" on page
Chapter 6, "Basic
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