HP XP7 Site Preparation Guide (H6F56-96012)

Equipment weight
The floors, elevators, and ramps must be able to support the weight of the delivered equipment as
it is moved to the installation location. Spreader plates may be required to distribute the load and
protect the floor as the equipment is moved from the receiving area to the installation location.
Consult the system bill of materials to establish the anticipated summary weights.
The weight of the equipment depends on the disk array configuration.
Table 3 Weight of typical XP7 system configurations
Max Weight (FMD / LFF drives)Max Weight (with SFF drives)Rack
2196 lb (998 kg) for 2 DKC single rack
with 96 FMD
1775 lb (807 kg) for 1 DKC rack with
384 SFF drives
DKC Rack
1457 lb (663 kg) for 1 DKU rack with
192 LFF drives
1391 lb (633 kg) for 1 DKU rack with
384 SFF drives
DKU Rack
Storage requirements
If the equipment must be stored after delivery and prior to installation, the storage location must
meet the storage environmental requirements for XP7 Storage. See the Table 23 (page 38) in this
chapter for environmental storage requirements.
Data center requirements
The data center must meet the following facilities requirements:
Table 4 Data center requirements
DescriptionItem
The data center must provide appropriate power, air conditioning, cabling, and fire
protection.
General
The data center must provide adequate protection from electrostatic discharge (ESD).ESD
The data center must provide adequate protection from electrical/radio frequency
interference.
Electrical interference
The data center must provide adequate protection from dust, pollution, and particulate
contamination.
Contamination
The data center must provide adequate acoustic insulation for operating the system.Acoustics
This includes cables, connectors, and receptacles that must be available and ready
when the system is installed.
User-supplied hardware
Data communication requirements
Route data communication cables away from areas of high static electric fields created by power
transformers and heavy foot traffic. Use shielded data communication cables that meet approved
industrial standards to reduce the effects of external fields.
The XP7 frames support top access and bottom access for host cables. Routing the host cables in
a XP7 requires HP support personnel to install. The data communication infrastructure needed for
XP7 Storage is described in “Data communication requirements” (page 11).
Table 5 Data communication requirements
Column HeadColumn Head
For the C-Track Internet connectivity, HP representatives
will help you obtain and set up/order the necessary
Internet connectivity infrastructure for C-Track Internetbased
remote support option.
infrastructure, including your choice of router
configurations, a supported CMS management server, and
Data center requirements 11