HP D3000 Disk Enclosures - Manual (Page 19)

4 Installation
Installation overview
Installation steps include:
1. Locating “Required items” Page 19
2. Completing “Preliminary tasks” Page 20
3. “Preparing the site” Page 25
4. “Racking the disk enclosure” Page 26
5. “Installing disk drives in the enclosure” Page 29
6. “Connecting SAS cables and power cords” Page 32
7. “Powering on the disk enclosure” Page 36
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
•
SAS controller or controller enclosure
•
SAS cables
•
Power cables
•
Access to a workstation on the server
•
Access to the Internet
NOTE: A variety of disk drives, SAS controllers, controller enclosures, and SAS cables are
supported for use with this disk enclosure. For more information, see the QuickSpecs for the disk
enclosure, available on the D3000 website.
Installation overview 19