Contents
Safety notices .................................v
About this publication ............................. vii
How to send your comments ............................. vii
Installing the model 03E/4A ..........................1
Chapter 1. Prerequisite tasks for the 03E/4A installation ...............3
Chapter 2. Installing your system in arack.....................5
Installing the rack .................................5
Rack safety notices ................................5
Determining the location ..............................7
Marking location by using the rack-mounting template ...................8
Marking the location without arack-mounting template ..................10
Installing the 14T/00, 14T/42 racks ..........................11
Completing aparts inventory ...........................11
Positioning the rack ..............................11
Leveling the rack ...............................12
Attaching the stabilizer brackets ..........................13
Attaching the rack to aconcrete floor.........................14
Attaching the rack doors ............................19
Connecting multiple racks with rack-to-rack attachment kit ................21
Attaching the rack to the concrete floor beneath araised floor ................23
Connecting the power distribution system .......................27
Power distribution unit plus (PDU+) .........................27
Checking the ac outlets .............................27
Attaching the front or back ac electrical outlet ......................28
Installing the ac outlet-mounting plates with ac outlets ..................28
Installing the ac outlet-mounting plate without ac outlets .................30
Connecting adc power source ...........................31
Installing the rack security kit ...........................35
Installing the model in arack .............................38
Attaching the mounting hardware to the rack .......................40
Installing the cable-management arm ..........................43
Chapter 3. Installing an 03E/4A with logical partitions ...............45
Checklist: Installing an 03E/4A with logical partitions .....................45
Cabling your server ................................45
Cabling the server and the Hardware Management Console (HMC) ...............46
Cabling the server to access the Integrated Virtualization Manager ................49
Cabling the server to access the Operations Console .....................53
Setting up your console or interface and create logical partitions .................58
Setting up the HMC and create logical partitions ......................58
Setting up Virtual I/O Server, IVM, and logical partitions ...................59
Setting up the Operations Console, twinaxial console, or 5250 console and creating logical partitions ....59
Setting up your server to connect to service and support ....................60
Installing operating systems ..............................60
Obtaining updates and upgrades ............................60
Chapter 4. Installing amodel 03E/4A without logical partitions............61
Checklist: Installing an 03E/4A without logical partitions ....................61
Cabling your server ................................61
Cabling the server and the Hardware Management Console (HMC) ...............62
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