Installing and Configuring the Director
38
Director 2/140 Installation Guide
■
Lift device (recommended).
■
Director 2/140.
■
An HP 9000, HP 10000, HP 11000, HP system/e, or industry-standard 19-in
rack, or any rack with the following specifications:
— A minimum depth of 24.5 in.
— 19 in wide.
— A minimum opening size of 13U available (12U for the director and 1U
for space recommended for routing of cables).
■
Two power outlets or different branches (for redundancy).
■
Torque driver with cross-tip bit (for setting 22 in/lb. of torque).
■
Fiber-optic protective plug—For safety and port transceiver protection,
fiber-optic protective plugs must be inserted in all director ports without
fiber-optic cables attached. The director is shipped with protective plugs
installed in all ports.
■
Null modem cable—An asynchronous RS-232 null modem cable is required
to configure director network addresses and obtain event log information
through the maintenance port. The cable has nine conductors and two DB-9
female connectors. A null modem cable specially designed for this application
is supplied with the Director 2/140.
■
Standard flat-tip and cross-tip Phillips screwdrivers—Required to remove,
replace, adjust or tighten various FRUs, chassis, or rack components.
■
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) grounding cable with attached wrist
strap—Required when working in and around the director card cage.
■
Maintenance terminal (desktop or notebook computer)—Required to
configure director network addresses and acquire event log information
through the maintenance port. Computer requirements include:
— Microsoft Windows 98, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0,
Windows 2000, or Windows XP operating system installed.
— RS-232 serial communication software (for example, ProComm Plus or
HyperTerminal).
Note:
The HAFM appliance may be used for the maintenance terminal function. The
HyperTerminal
application is included with the Windows 2000 operating system
provided with the HAFM appliance.