Step 2: Prepare Your Site; Provide Adequate Structural Support For The Floor; Provide Adequate Clearance Space And Ventilation; Provide Adequate And Redundant Sources Of Power - HP AD510A - StorageWorks Modular Smart Array 1500 cs 2U Fibre Channel SAN Attach Controller Shelf Hard Drive Installation Manual

Installation Procedures - All Deployments

Step 2: Prepare your site

To ensure continuous, safe, and reliable operation of your equipment, place your
system in an approved environment. You must provide adequate physical space,
ventilation, and power.
Note:
configure racks and rack-mountable devices. The eCO is available on the HP website:
http://h30099.www3.hp.com/configurator.
In addition to the following discussion, see
page 35 for a detailed list of site requirements.

Provide adequate structural support for the floor

Calculate the total weight of your equipment and verify that your site can support
the weight.

Provide adequate clearance space and ventilation

Be sure to provide adequate clearance around the front and back of the racks.
Provide at least 25 inches (63.5 cm) in the front of the rack to allow the doors to
open fully and provide at least 30 inches (76.2 cm) 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.

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 may originate from different grids or even different sources entirely.
For protection against a power-source failure, obtain and include in your
installation two UPS.
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Consider using the HP Enterprise Configurator (eCO) to help you plan and
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