Chapter 1: Preface
Rack Safety
QuantumLTO-8 HH SAS User’s Guide 7
• Ensure that the heaviest devices are installed in the bottom of
the rack cabinet.
• Ensure that there are no empty U-levels between devices
installe
d in the rack cabinet below the 32U level.
• If the rack cabinet you are relocating is part of a suite of rack
cabinets, detach the rack cabinet from
the suite.
• Inspect the route that you plan to
take to eliminate potential
hazards.
• Verify that the route that you choose can suppor
t the weight of the
loaded rack cabinet. Refer to the documentation that comes with
your rack cabinet for the weight of a loaded rack cabinet.
• Verify that all door openings are at least 760 x 2032 mm (30 x 80
in.).
•
Ensure that all devices, shelves, drawers, doors, and cables are
secure.
•
Ensure that the four leveling pads are raised to th
eir highest
position.
• Ensure that there is no stabilizer bracket installed on the rack
cabinet du
ring movement.
• Do not use a ramp inclined at more than ten degrees.
• Once the rack cabinet is in the new location, do the following:
• Lower the four leveling pads.
• Install stabilizer brackets on the rack cabinet.
• If you removed any devices from the rack cabinet, repopulate
the rack cabinet fr
om
the lowest position to the highest
position.
• If a long distance relocation is required, restore
the rack cabinet to
the configuration of the rack cabinet as you received it. Pack the
rack cabinet in the original packaging material, or equivalent. Also
lower the leveling pads to raise the casters off of the pallet and bolt
the rack cabinet to the pallet.