Chapter 1. Before you begin the installation
Before you can begin installing your system, you must unpack and verify your order and make other
preparations.
Important information:
• This guide presumes that you have read the planning information regarding your physical environment
that is available in the IBM Knowledge Center.
• Ensure that any cables that you are supplying are available for installation.
Be familiar with the following information
• See "Caution notices for the system" on page xiv and "Danger notices for the system " on page xvii for a
summary of the situations that can be potentially hazardous to you. Before installing, read and
understand the following caution and danger statements.
• Use safe practices when lifting.
CAUTION: Use safe practices when lifting.
(27B)
Also keep in mind that a rack full of equipment is extremely heavy.
DANGER: Heavy equipment–personal injury or equipment damage might result if mishandled.
(D006)
• The following general precautions should be observed, even though the power-on steps differ slightly
from the directions that you will follow for this product:
DANGER: When working on or around the system, observe the following precautions:
Electrical voltage and current from power, telephone, and communication cables are hazardous.
To avoid a shock hazard:
– If IBM supplied a power cord(s), connect power to this unit only with the IBM provided power
cord. Do not use the IBM provided power cord for any other product.
– Do not open or service any power supply assembly.
– Do not connect or disconnect any cables or perform installation, maintenance, or
reconfiguration of this product during an electrical storm.
– The product might be equipped with multiple power cords. To remove all hazardous voltages,
disconnect all power cords.
– Connect all power cords to a properly wired and grounded electrical outlet. Ensure that the
outlet supplies proper voltage and phase rotation according to the system rating plate.
– Connect any equipment that will be attached to this product to properly wired outlets.
– When possible, use one hand only to connect or disconnect signal cables.
– Never turn on any equipment when there is evidence of fire, water, or structural damage.
– Disconnect the attached power cords, telecommunications systems, networks, and modems
before you open the device covers, unless instructed otherwise in the installation and
configuration procedures.
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