WARNING:
To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, adequately stabilize the rack before
extending a component outside the rack. Extend only one component at a time. A rack may become
unstable if more than one component is extended.
WARNING:
When installing a server in a telco rack, be sure that the rack frame is adequately secured at the top and
bottom to the building structure.
Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton
Unpack the server shipping carton and locate the materials and documentation necessary for installing the
server. All the rack mounting hardware necessary for installing the server into the rack is included with the
rack or the server.
The contents of the server shipping carton include:
• Server
• Power cord
• Hardware documentation and software products
• Rack-mounting hardware and documentation
In addition to the supplied items, you might need:
• Operating system or application software
• Hardware options
• Screwdriver
Installing hardware options
Install any hardware options before initializing the server. For options installation information, refer to the
option documentation. For server-specific information, refer to "
Installing the server into the rack
To install the server into a rack with square, round, or threaded holes, refer to the instructions that ship with
the rack hardware kit.
WARNING:
This server is heavy. To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment:
• Observe local occupational health and safety requirements and guidelines for manual material
handling.
• Get help to lift and stabilize the product during installation or removal, especially when the product is
not fastened to the rails. Hewlett Packard Enterprise recommends that a minimum of two people are
required for all rack server installations. A third person may be required to help align the server if the
server is installed higher than chest level.
• Use caution when installing the server in or removing the server from the rack; it is unstable when
not fastened to the rails.
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Identifying the contents of the server shipping carton