Pre-Installation Considerations

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Be aware of the following considerations before beginning the installation procedure.

You will find it helpful to determine the depth of the rack to know where to attach the side panels to the chassis.

For a 27-inch rack (a standard Sun/Oracle rack), you need a separate mounting bracket for the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-4. Additionally, the to-chassis mounting hardware for the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-4 is metric, the to-chassis mounting hardware for the Oracle Fabric Interconnect F1-15 is English. The to-rack mounting hardware is rack dependent.

Caution - In a 27-inch Sun/Oracle rack, you will need to measure where the Oracle Fabric Interconnect will go, as well as the CMA, and make sure that all the cage nuts for each are installed before you install the Oracle Fabric Interconnect. If you install the Oracle Fabric Interconnect, and then attempt to install the CMA's cage nuts, you will not have enough space to install the cage nuts for the CMA.

Cable management is supported through a standard Oracle cable management assembly (CMA). This part is not mandatory, but it is recommended as part of the installation. If used, the CMA must be installed after the Fabric Interconnect is successfully rack mounted. For information about installing the CMA, see Installing the Cable Management Assembly.
The power cords have their own cable management system which allows them to be tied to plastic anchors that sit on each front mounting bracket. There are some considerations about how power cords must be tied. See Power Cord Management.
Make sure to install the Fabric Interconnect without the I/O modules in the chassis. By installing the chassis without the I/O modules, the Fabric Interconnect is lighter and easier to install.
While installing the Fabric Interconnect, you will attach the rear of the chassis to the equipment rack before you attach the front end. Make sure to support the Fabric Interconnect and keep it level while until both ends are attached to the equipment rack. If the system is not kept level while one end is attached and the other is not, you can put unnecessary stress on the mounting hardware that is already attached to the rack.