3 Installation
Installation overview
Installation steps include:
1. Locating Required items, page 23
2. Completing Preliminary tasks, page 24
3. Preparing the site, page 29
4. Racking the disk enclosure, page 30
5. Installing disk drives, page 33
6. Installing 6Gb SAS controllers and preparing the servers, page 35
7. Connecting cables and power cords, page 36
8. Powering on the disk enclosure, page 40
9. Verifying the operating status of the devices, page 41
Required items
Items required for installation include the following, some of which ship with the disk enclosure:
• Rack mounting kit
• Disk enclosure
• Disk drives and drive blanks
• 6Gb SAS controller
• SAS cables
• Power cables
• Access to a workstation on the server
• Access to the Internet
NOTE:
A variety of disk drives, 6Gb SAS controllers, and SAS cables are supported for use with this disk
enclosure. For more information, see the QuickSpecs for your disk enclosure model, available on the
D2000 disk enclosures website: http://www.hp.com/go/D2000.
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