Preinstallation
requirements
This chapter includes the following topics:
■ Customer-provided environment and supplies
■ Storage shelf shipping container contents
■ Appliance shipping container contents
■ Determining rack locations
■ Best practices for rack installation
■ Heat dissipation
■ Determining SAS-3 cable length
■ Prerequisites for IPMI configuration
Customer-provided environment and supplies
For best ventilation, the rack cabinet:
■ Should be at least 100 cm (4 feet) from walls
■ Should have at least 100 cm (4 feet) from other cabinets on the front and back
of the appliance and the storage shelves
Data centers with two foot spaces in the front and in the back of the appliances are
acceptable with proper cooling and ventilation.
Refer to the following section for more details.
Heat dissipation
2
Chapter