HP StorageWorks 8/24 - SAN Switch - Installing the Switch Using the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit; Before You Begin-Important Information about the Plenum; Installation and Safety Guidelines; Installing the HP SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit in Your HP Custom Rack

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Installing the switch using the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit

The SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit is supplied with your 8Gb SAN Switch. Use the SAN Switch Rack Mount

Kit with the

following optional HP StorageWorks custom racks only:

• HP 9000 Series Rack

• HP 10000 Series Rack

• HP10000G2S

eries Rack

• HP System/e Rack

NOTE:

Figures and procedures throughout this document use “HP 10000 Series Rack” to reference both 1 0000

Series rac

k models (HP 10000 Series Rack and HP 10000 G2 Series Rack).

Before you begin—important information about the plenum

The plenum is an air duct that attaches to the switch rails, enabling the switch to draw cooler air into the

switch from outside the rack, rather than drawing in heated air from within the rack.

A plenum ships with the following 8Gb SAN Switch models only:

• 8/8 SAN Switch

• 8/24 SAN Switch

See “Installing the p lenum (if required)” on page 36 for complete instructions on how to install a plenum.

Installation and safety guidelines

Verify that the rack and the area around the rack meet the following requirements:

• Plan a rack space that is 1.5 units high (which equals 6.7 cm or 2.6 inches), 48.3 cm (19 inches)

wide, and at le ast 68.6 cm (23 inches) deep. For the MP Router, 4/64 SAN Switch, or 8/80

SAN Switch, plan a rack space that is at least 2 units high.

• Ground all equipment in the rack through a reliable branch circuit connection, and maintain

ground at all times. Do not rely on a secondary connection to a branch circuit, such as a power

strip.

• Ensure that air ﬂow and temperature requirements are met on an ongoing basis.

• Securetheracktoensurestabilityincaseofunexpectedmovement.

Installing the HP SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit in your HP custom rack

TheSANSwitchRackMountKitenablesyoutoinstallyourHPdeviceinthefollowingHPcustomracks:

• HP System/e Rack

• HP10000G2SeriesrackandHP10000Seriesrack

For optimal cable management, HP recommends that you install the SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit to

allow the nonport side of the switch to slide out of the cool-air side of the rack. In this installation, the

port side of the switch is set 12.7 cm (5 in) back from the edge of the rack, allowing a more gradual

bend in the ﬁber optic cables.

NOTE:

The SAN Switch Rack Mount Kit installation requires one technician.

Installing and conﬁguring an 8Gb SAN Switch

HP StorageWorks 8/24 - SAN Switch