Installation rules and restrictions

General rules and restrictions  

Observe the following rules and restrictions when installing a NetApp storage system:

• You must wear an antistatic wrist strap when you handle electronic equipment.
• You must work with another person.

  WARNING
  The chassis is extremely heavy. To avoid injuring yourself or damaging the chassis, you must work with at least one other person when you install the chassis in the rack.

Rules for arranging the components in the rack  

Observe the following rules when arranging the components in a rack for an R100 storage system:

• The R100 chassis supports 7 disk shelves.
• The storage system is designed to be arranged in the equipment rack with four disk shelves on the bottom, followed by the chassis, followed by three disk shelves installed above the chassis.
• Only install the number of disk shelves supported by your chassis. Go to the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com to determine the current storage limit for your model.

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