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Netra CT Server Installation Guide

For the Netra CT 810 Server and Netra CT 410 Server

816-2481-13



Contents

Figures

Tables

Preface

1. Installation Overview

2. Site Preparation

Tools Required

Planning the Placement of the Rack

Determining If You Have a Front-Access or Rear-Access Model

Example of Server Room Layout

Planning the Rackmounting Configuration

Chassis and Server Physical Specifications

Chassis Physical Specifications

Netra CT 810 Server Physical Specifications

Netra CT 410 Server Physical Specifications

Power Source Requirements

DC Source Site Requirements

AC Specifications

Connecting Logic Ground and Chassis Ground

Cooling Requirements

Environmental Specifications

3. Mounting the Chassis in a Rack

Attaching the Mounting Bracket Adapters to the Chassis

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Attach the Mounting Bracket Adapters

Mounting the Chassis in a Rack

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Remove the Servers From the Chassis

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Mount the Chassis in a Rack

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect the DC Grounding Cable

4. Installing a Server Into a Chassis

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Unpack a Netra CT Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install a Netra CT Server in the Chassis

5. Installing Additional Cards into the Netra CT Server

Antistatic Precautions

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Attach the Antistatic Wrist Strap

Installing Additional Cards in the Front-Access Model Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Additional Satellite CPU or I/O Cards

Installing Cards in the Rear-Access Model Server

Rear Transition Card Sets

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Rear Transition Card Sets

6. Cabling the System

Installing the Cable Management Brackets

Connecting Cables to the CompactPCI Cards

Cabling for the Front-Access Model

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the CPU Card

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the CPU Front Transition Card

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the Alarm Card (Front-Access Models Only)

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the Front-Access Satellite CPU or I/O Cards

Cabling for the Rear-Access Model

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the CPU Rear Transition Card

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the Alarm Rear Transition Card (Rear-Access Models Only)

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect Cables to the Rear-Access Satellite CPU or I/O Cards

Connecting the Power Cables

Assembling and Connecting the DC Input Power Cable

Connecting the AC Power Cables

7. Powering the Server On and Off

Connecting a Terminal Console to the Server

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use an ASCII Terminal

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use a Solaris Workstation

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Use a PC Laptop

Powering On the Server

Powering Off the Server

To Perform a Graceful Software Power-Down

To Perform a Graceful Hardware Power-Down

8. Installing the Software

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install the Solaris Operating Environment

Preparing Network Installations of the Solaris Operating Environment

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 DVD

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Network Installation Image Using the Solaris 9 CDs

Installing Diskless Clients

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Create a Boot Server For Diskless Clients

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Add a Diskless Client

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Install Additional Software

A. Connecting External SCSI Devices

procedure iconsmall spaceTo Connect an External SCSI Device