958-000324-002, March 2005)

2 Installation

The H AFM appliance can be installed in a customer-supplied cabinet as long as the

following requirements are met:

• The mounting standard-to-mounting standard cabinet depth must be from 18

inches to 32 inches to accommodate the rack mount kit. The HP rack mount kit

must be used to install the HAFM appliance.

• It is the customer’s responsibility to accurately calculate power requirements

for the HAFM appliance and switches installed in the cabinet. HP is not

responsible for power-related problems resulting from equipment installed in

a customer-supplied cabinet.

Installing the HAFM appliance

Perform the following to install the HAFM appliance in the cabinet:

• Assemble and attach the front a nd rear brackets to the cabinet.

• Attach the left and right slide rails to the HA FM appliance.

• Install the HAFM appliance in the cabinet.

• If you are not installing the HAFM appliance in a cabinet, go to Connecting

the HAFM appliance.

Attaching front and rear brackets

To assemble the front and rear brackets and attach the assemblies to the cabinet:

1. Consult with the customer and determine the cabinet installation position for

the HAFM appliance. The HAFM appliance is 1.75 inches or one rack unit

(1U) high.

2. The depth of the equipment cabinet determines if the long rear mounting

bracket or short rear mounting bracket is used.

a. Using a tape measure (provided by installation personnel), measure and

record the depth of the left side of the cabinet from the inside of the

front vertical rack-mounting standard to the inside of the rear vertical

rack-mounting standard.

HP StorageWorks HA-Fabric Manager Appliance installation guide F W07.00.00/HAFM

SW 08.06.00