Tower to Rack and Rack to Tower System Conversion Guide

Converting a Tower System to a Rack System

Process for Converting Your Tower System to a Rack System

Process for Converting Your Tower System to a Rack

System

This section covers the sequence of steps necessary for converting your tower system to a

rack system. Here is a high-level summary of these steps:

1. Conﬁgure the system’s ﬁrmware (zx6000 systems only)

2. Removing the tower system’s access panels

3. Removing the system’s pedestal

4. Changing the system’s fans (zx6000 systems only)

5. Installing the system’s rack latches

6. Installing the system’s right front access panel

7. Installing the system in its rack enclosure

Step 1: Conﬁgure the System’s Firmware (zx6000 systems only)

Before you remove any system panels, you will have to conﬁgure your system’s ﬁrmware

to recognize the new system fans. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Boot the system and select the EFI shell menu item.

2. Insert the Documentation and Utilities CD into the system’s optical drive.

3. Execute the map -r command at the EFI shell prompt and look for the CD-ROM

mapping in the display. Next, enter the ﬁle system name associated with that

mapping at the EFI shell prompt and press Enter. For example:

Shell> fs0:

4. Change to the directory where the racktower.efi utility is located by executing the

following command at the EFI shell prompt and pressing Enter:

Shell> cd \utils

5. Type racktower.efi at the EFI shell prompt and press Enter.

6. Answer yes to the prompts that appear by typing Y and pressing Enter. Note that the

utility knows if you are going from a tower to rack conﬁguration or rack to tower

conﬁguration. Once the last question is answered, remove the CD from the optical

drive. The system ﬁrmware is now conﬁgured, and you are ready to go to step 2.

Step 2: Removing the Tower System’s Access Panels

Your tower system has external and internal access panels that need to be removed

before placing the system in a rack enclosure. Here are the steps for removing those

panels.

1. Turn the system’s power off and disconnect all of its power and external cables.

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