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Step 4: Rack the MSA and the storage enclosures, Rack installation best practices

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Step 4: Rack the MSA and the storage enclosures The MSA and its supported storage enclosures can be installed into most standard server racks. To verify that the rack and the storage enclosures you plan to use are supported for use with the MSA and its storage enclosures, read the compatibility guide, located on the Technical documentation page of the MSA1500 website: http://www.hp.com/go/msa1500cs. CAUTION: Install hard drives in the enclosures only after securing the enclosures in the rack: • An enclosure populated with hard drives is too heavy to lift safely. • Movement of an enclosure during installation might damage the internal storage media of installed hard drives. Go to Table 12: "MSA1500 information" on page 108 to record information about your storage enclosures. Rack installation best practices In addition to industry-standard recommendations, consider the following: • Locate the heaviest items, such as uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and additional storage enclosures near the bottom of the rack. • Rack some of the storage enclosures above the MSA and some of the storage enclosures below the MSA, to accommodate using the shortest possible SCSI cables between the MSA and the storage enclosures. • Install similar components next to each other in the rack. Because storage enclosures, switches, and servers are of differing depths, to accommodate working behind the rack, if you have more than one of a device, mount those devices adjacent to one another. WARNING! To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, at least two people are required to lift the storage system during removal or installation, if the weight, as assembled for shipping, exceeds 22.7 kg (50 lb). If the system is being loaded into the rack above chest level, a third person MUST assist with aligning the system with the rails while the other two people support the weight of the system. CAUTION: To prevent damage and to ease insertion of the device into the rack, support the weight of the device and keep it level when sliding it into the rack. HP StorageWorks 1500 Modular Smart Array installation guide 31

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Step 4: Rack the MSA and the storage enclosures
The MSA and its supported storage enclosures can be installed into most standard server racks. To
verify that the rack and the storage enclosures you plan to use are supported for use with the MSA
and its storage enclosures, read the compatibility guide, located on the Technical documentation
page of the MSA1500 website:
.
CAUTION:
Install hard drives in the enclosures only after securing the enclosures in the rack:
•
An enclosure populated with hard drives is too heavy to lift safely.
•
Movement of an enclosure during installation might damage the internal storage media of
installed hard drives.
Go to
Table 12
: ”
MSA1500 information
” on page 108 to record information about your storage
enclosures.
Rack installation best practices
In addition to industry-standard recommendations, consider the following:
•
Locate the heaviest items, such as uninterruptable power supplies (UPS) and additional storage
enclosures near the bottom of the rack.
•
Rack some of the storage enclosures above the MSA and some of the storage enclosures below
the MSA, to accommodate using the shortest possible SCSI cables between the MSA and the
storage enclosures.
•
Install similar components next to each other in the rack. Because storage enclosures, switches,
and servers are of differing depths, to accommodate working behind the rack, if you have more
than one of a device, mount those devices adjacent to one another.
WARNING!
To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, at least two people
are required to lift the storage system during removal or installation, if the weight, as assembled for
shipping, exceeds 22.7 kg (50 lb). If the system is being loaded into the rack above chest level, a
third person MUST assist with aligning the system with the rails while the other two people support
the weight of the system.
CAUTION:
To prevent damage and to ease insertion of the device into the rack, support the weight
of the device and keep it level when sliding it into the rack.