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Installing a tower system

Installing a tower system  Top

To install your filer as a tower system, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Prepare the area where you are installing the filer, based on the parameters and information described in the Site Requirements Guide and Filer dimensions and environmental parameters.

2

Connect your filer to a third-party backup storage device, as described in Connecting a third-party SCSI tape backup device.

3

If your network is a...

Then...

4

Copper-based Ethernet network

Connect your filer to the network as described in Connecting the filer to an Ethernet network.

Fiber optic Ethernet network

Connect your filer to the network as described in Connecting to a fiber optic GbE network.

5

Connect your console to the filer, as described in Connecting the filer to an ASCII terminal console.

6

Connect the power cables to your filer, then plug them into separate power sources and apply power.

7

Configure your tower system as described in the Software Setup Guide.

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