2.3.1
Installing the Server into a 19” Rack
The S3118 comes with two rails that should be used for installation into a standard 19” rack. First, attach
one rail on each side of the system using appropriately sized screws. Then slide the unit between the
mounting rails of the rack. Position the server such that the two installed ‘ears’ on the side of the server
are positioned equally and level in the rack. Install four screws through the mounting ears and into the
rack’s rails. The cabinets from Rackable Systems use 10-32 size screws. Other cabinets or racks from
other vendors may use 10-32 or 12-24 size screws. Rack screws are not included with the S3118.
If the
rack does not have threaded holes you will need to provide threaded inserts to snap into the rails for this
purpose.
2.3.2
Installing the Server’s Hard Drives
The system’s hard drives ship separately in their drive carriers (figure 2). Each drive is labeled according
to its position in the chassis.
Figure 2: Hard drive in carrier
Once the server is installed in the rack, you will need to insert the drive carriers into the chassis. The
drives are labeled differently depending on what RAID cards are included in your system configuration.
2.3.2.1
8-port Plus 12-port RAID Card Configuration
This is the most common configuration for the S3118 where all eighteen drives are active and available to
the RAID cards. It is the default configuration for the iSCSI and NAS appliances.
For servers configured with one eight-port and one twelve-port RAID card, insert the drive carriers as
follows (figure 3):
Figure 3: Hard drive carrier locations for one eight-port and one twelve-port RAID server configurations
The drives labeled “0-8”/“0-9” or “B0”/“B1” should go into the two rear-accessible drive bays from left to
right.
2.3.2.2
Two 8-port RAID Card Configuration
For servers configured with two eight-port RAID cards, each drive carrier will be labeled with two numbers
separated by a hyphen. The first number is the array number, the second is the drive number. In this
configuration, insert the drive carriers as follows (figure 4):
0-0
0-1
0-2
0-3
0-4
0-5
0-6
0-7
1-0
1-1
1-2
1-3
1-4
1-5
1-6
1-7
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