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Dell FluidFS Version 6.0 FS8600 Appliance Deployment Guide

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Install the FS8600 Hardware

Unpack the hardware and mount it in a rack.

Prerequisites

The rack must meet the prerequisites listed in Rack and Infrastructure.

Steps

  1. Unpack the hardware.
  2. Locate the following components for each appliance:
    • FS8600 appliance
    • Bezel
    • Two power cables
    • Rail kit
    • SFP+ transceivers (if ordered for optical networks)
    • (Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliances only) Two 1-meter twinax cables (for single-appliance internal network connectivity between controllers)
    • Two port label tags (one attached to each controller)
    • Cable labels
  3. Mount each FS8600 appliance in the rack. See the document included with the rail kit for instructions.
  4. Connect both controllers in each FS8600 appliance to a power source.

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