Planning and organizing the installation

Gathering system components

About system components

A C3100/C6100 system consists of a C3100/C6100 NetCache appliance and connected disk shelves.

To gather all the hardware components for your C3100/C6100 system, you need to

Check the contents of your shipment package
Gather the system components

Checking shipment package contents

Make sure that your shipment package includes the following items, in addition to this C3100/C6100 Series Hardware Guide:

One C3100/C6100 NetCache appliance ordered to your network and storage specifications
A DB-9 to DB-9 straight-through serial cable for an ASCII terminal connection
Cables for connecting the C3100/C6100 to the disk shelves
A disposable antistatic wrist strap and grounding leash
A braided copper cable and Phillips head screws (provided by Network Appliance) for
- Grounding the second Fibre Channel loop
- Grounding the C3100/C6100 to disk shelf 0 in the first loop when the distance between the C3100/C6100 and disk shelf 0 exceeds 0.8m

Gathering other components

Disk shelves

You can use previously purchased Fibre Channel disk shelves with your C3100/C6100. The System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com lists the Fibre Channel disk shelves supported by the C3100/C6100.