MaxCore™ MC3000
Platform AC
Quick Start Guide
P/N:6806800T89E (February 2018)
Observe ESD-safe measures
• Use either a properly grounded ESD wrist
strap or make sure that you are working in an
ESD safe environment.
• Connect to the ESD connector at the rear of
the system.
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What’s in the box?
Make sure you receive all items of your ship-
ment:
• One MaxCore™ MC3000 Platform
• One printed copy of
Quick Start Guide
(this
document).
•
One printed copy
of Safety Notes Summary.
• Other items that were ordered.
Prepare the installation site
1. Make sure that all environmental and power
requirements defined in the
MaxCore™
MC3000 Platform Installation and Use
manual
are met.
2. Remove all items from the box.
3. Provide the following cables:
– Earth grounding cable with a two-hole lug,
distance 5/8" behind (15.9 mm) in case of rack
installation.
– A power input cable for each installed power
supply with a minimum cross section of
1mm
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.
– Twisted pair Ethernet cable for connecting the
BMC ETH port or any of the other four (4) ETH
ports of the system.
– USB and/or microUSB cables to connect the
system's USB ports.
For more information about connecting cables
and power cords, refer to the
MaxCore™ MC3000
Platform Installation and Use
manual.
Install the system in the
rack
1. Insert the system into a 19" ANSI rack.
2. Fasten the system to the rack via the inte-
grated chassis mounting flanges using two
bolts or screws (minimum 6 mm (0.24 inch)
in diameter) on the left side and two on the
right side of the system.
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Install PCIE cards
1. Remove the housing cover of the system.
Press the lock button in the mid of the hous-
ing cover and push the housing cover towards
the rear of the system. The cover will slide
backwards and then it can be lifted off the
system.
Note
: Before removing the housing cover
ensure that the system is shut down and dis-
connected from AC power.
2. Remove the filler cards or filler panels in the
PCIE slots, if any.
3. Install the PCIE card(s) in the respective
slot(s).
4. Fill the empty PCIE slots with filler cards or
filler panels. A slot adjacent to the component
side (primary side) of a high power card
should always contain a filler card for better
cooling. For more information about PCIE
card installation, refer to the
MaxCore™
MC3000 Platform Installation and Use
manual
.
Ground system
1. Connect the rack grounding cable with a
two-hole lug to the M5 system ground lug
location on the rear of the system, to the
right of Slot 15. Torque the system ground
lug nuts to maximum of 2.5 Nm (22.12 in-
lbs). Use a grounding cable of size 1.25 mm
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for the AC system.
2. Connect the system permanently to the
earth ground of the building.
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When installing or servicing the system
or accessories, strictly observe the safety
precautions in the
Safety Notes Summary
.
Otherwise, personal injury or property
damage may occur. Ignoring these
instructions can void the system war-
ranty.
Connect to power feed
1. Put on an ESD wrist strap and connect the
strap to the system by attaching the rear
ESD jack/ESD snap, if you are not in an ESD
safe environment.
2. Make sure the external power feeds that you
plan to attach are powered off and cannot
be switched on while you are working.
3. Connect the AC International Electric Code
(IEC) wired connector to the AC power sup-
plies.
4. Turn on the external feed power. The input
LEDs on the power supplies turns Green.
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