Contents
Planning the installation............................................................................. 5
Safety and regulatory compliance....................................................................................................... 5
Configuration guidelines......................................................................................................................5
Determining power and cooling configurations....................................................................................5
Power requirements..................................................................................................................5
HPE Apollo Platform Manager..................................................................................................6
Hot-plug power supply calculations.......................................................................................... 6
Compiling the documentation..............................................................................................................6
Warnings and cautions........................................................................................................................ 6
Space and airflow requirements.......................................................................................................... 7
Temperature requirements.................................................................................................................. 8
Grounding requirements......................................................................................................................8
Identifying components and LEDs.............................................................9
System components............................................................................................................................ 9
Front chassis components.................................................................................................................10
Server bay numbering............................................................................................................ 10
Front chassis fan module numbering......................................................................................11
Rear panel components.....................................................................................................................11
Power supply numbering........................................................................................................ 12
Rear fan module numbering................................................................................................... 12
Rear fan module LED............................................................................................................. 13
I/O module bay numbering..................................................................................................... 13
Switch bay numbering............................................................................................................ 14
Chassis controller or HPE Apollo Platform Manager components......................................... 18
Chassis controller or HPE Apollo Platform Manager LEDs and buttons................................ 18
Power supply LED.................................................................................................................. 19
Installing the chassis ............................................................................... 20
Installation overview.......................................................................................................................... 20
Unpacking the system....................................................................................................................... 20
Determining the chassis rack spacing............................................................................................... 20
Installing the rack rails....................................................................................................................... 20
Installing the chassis in the rack........................................................................................................24
Installing the shipping bracket........................................................................................................... 27
Installing the system components..................................................................................................... 28
Installing a server....................................................................................................................28
Installing the front chassis fan modules..................................................................................28
Installing the rear chassis fan modules...................................................................................29
Installing the power supplies...................................................................................................29
Installing the chassis controller or HPE Apollo Platform Manager..........................................30
Installing an I/O module.......................................................................................................... 31
Installing data switch options.................................................................................................. 32
Installing high-speed fabric switch options............................................................................. 36
Cabling........................................................................................................41
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