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Chapter 2. Installing the system hardware
After verification that you have all of the hardware components that you require,
you can install them.
You completed the initial steps of verifying the shipping contents and becoming
familiar with the hardware components. You verified that the power and
environmental requirements are met and planned the location of the enclosures.
You are now ready to begin installing the hardware components and connecting
the data cables and power cords.
Installing support rails for the Storwize V7000 Gen2 and Storwize
V7000 Gen2+ control enclosure
Before you install the control enclosure, you must first install the support rails for
it.
Procedure
To install the support rails for the control enclosure, complete the following steps.
Figure 8. Control enclosure support rails
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1. Locate the control enclosure rails (Figure 8). The rail assembly consists of two
rails that must be installed in the rack cabinet.
2. Working at the front of the rack cabinet, identify the two standard rack units
(2U) of space in the rack into which you want to install the support rails.
Figure 9 on page 14 shows two rack units with the front mounting holes
identified.
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