Preparing
Preparing the site
Prerequisites
• Place your system in an approved environment to ensure continuous, safe, and reliable operation of your equipment.
• Consider using the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Configurator (eCO) to help plan and configure racks and rack-
mountable devices. The eCO is available on the Hewlett Packard Enterprise One Config Simple (OCS) website.
Procedure
1. Provide adequate structural support.
Calculate the total weight of your equipment and verify that your site can support the weight. For HPE ProLiant server
environments, consider using Rack Builder, a software tool that provides a simplified method to planning and
configuring racks and rack-mountable products. Rack Builder is available on the Options tab of the ProLiant Home
page of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Servers and Systems website.
2.
Provide adequate clearance space and ventilation.
Be sure to provide adequate clearance around the front and back of the racks. Provide at least
635 cm (25 in) in the
front of the rack to allow the doors to open fully and provide at least 762 cm (30 in) in the rear of the rack to allow for
servicing and airflow. If there are unused spaces in your rack, attach blanking panels across those empty spaces to
force the airflow through the components instead of through the open spaces.
3.
Provide adequate and redundant sources of power.
Make sure that you have two high-line power feeds installed near your computer. These two power sources usually
come from the same external power grid, but occasionally might originate from dierent grids or even entirely
dierent sources. For protection against a power-source failure, obtain and include two uninterruptible power supplies
(UPS) in your installation. For a list of available UPS, see the Uninterruptible Power System website. For power
consumption specifications, see the HPE D3000 Enclosures QuickSpecs on the Accessing QuickSpecs website.
Confirming support for your hardware and software components
Specific versions of hardware, firmware, software, drivers, and other components are designed to work together. The HPE
D3000 Enclosures QuickSpecs available on the Accessing QuickSpecs website provides an up-to-date list of supported
servers, operating systems, controllers, switches, and software tools.
Procedure
1. Review the HPE D3000 Enclosures QuickSpecs to confirm that the components you plan to use are supported for use
with the disk enclosure. Download the quickspecs from the Accessing QuickSpecs website.
2. Review the QuickSpecs again before initially installing the disk enclosure and before making any changes to an
existing installation.
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