Components Provided With Blades; Peripheral Hardware That You Provide; About Installing The Chassis - F5 Viprion Manual

Components provided with blades

When you unpack a VIPRION blade, you should make sure that the following components are included.
Quantity Hardware
1 failover cable (blue)
1 console cable (beige)
4 SFP optical transceivers (PB100 only)
2 SFP+ 10G optical transceivers (PB200 only)

Peripheral hardware that you provide

For each VIPRION platform, you may need to provide additional peripheral hardware. If you plan to remotely administer
the system, we recommend having a workstation already connected to the same subnet as the management interface.
Type of Hardware
Network hubs, switches, or connectors
to connect to the platform network
interfaces
External USB CD/DVD drive or USB
CompactFlash drive
Serial terminal console
Administrative workstation on the same
IP network as the platform

About installing the chassis

You should select a location for installing the VIPRION chassis that is easy to access for adding or removing power
supplies, the fan tray, or blades. The location should also provide adequate ventilation to allow sufficient airflow through
the platform. After you have identified the intended location for the platform, you can install the chassis into the rack.
The VIPRION chassis includes a rack mount kit and a handle installation kit. The rack mount kit consists of two mounting
brackets that you can attach at either the front, middle, or back of the platform, using the screws provided with the unit.
The location at which you attach the brackets depends on the configuration of the rack. The handle installation kit
includes four handles and eight screws for attaching the handles to the VIPRION chassis. The handles make it easier to
lift the chassis into position for rack mounting.
You must install the rack mount kit before you can install the handle kit to lift the chassis into position.
Caution: If you have not yet removed the chassis from the shipping crate, we highly recommend that you
have at least two people remove the chassis from the crate. This ensures your safety and prevents damage
to the chassis.
Caution: This product is sensitive to electrostatic discharge (ESD). We recommend that when you install
or maintain the unit, you use proper ESD grounding procedures and equipment.
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Description
You must provide networking devices that are compatible with the network
interface cards installed in the platform. You can use either 10/100 Ethernet
or Gigabit Ethernet switches and hubs.
You can use any USB-certified CD or DVD mass storage device for installing
upgrades and for system recovery.
You can remotely manage the platform by connecting to a serial terminal
console via the console port.
You can use the default platform configuration if you have an administrative
workstation set up.