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viii Sun StorageTek 6540 Rack Ready Site Preparation and Installation Support Guide • July 2006
About This Document
This document describes site preparation guidelines to be considered when
installing rack-ready components into a standard 19-inch EIA-compliant customer
supplied cabinet.
This installation guide assumes a working knowledge of the hardware components
and basic installation skills. It also assumes that prior system planning and site
preparation has been performed. To ensure safe and proper operation of the system,
and ease of maintenance, all of these requirements must be met before beginning the
installation.
Intended Readers
The information in this guide is intended for Sun territory and account executives,
account team, and service representatives involved with rack ready cabinet
installation, maintenance, and conversions. This guide allows customers and Sun
support personnel to install, maintain, repair, and upgrade equipment installed into
a customer provided cabinet.
Readers must be familiar with computer system operation, SAN hardware
functionality, SAN cabling techniques, and physical cabinet installation. In addition,
they should understand disk array, Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID),
network, and Fibre Channel technologies.
Web Address
For web sites related to the product described in this document, refer to the Product
Release Notes.