Installation rules and restrictions

You must observe the following rules and restrictions when installing a C3100/C6100 system:

You must wear an antistatic wrist strap when you handle electronic equipment.
You must work with another person.
WARNING
The C3100/C6100 is extremely heavy. To avoid injuring yourself or damaging the C3100/C6100, you must work with at least one other person when you install the C3100/C6100 in the rack.
If you have a DC system, you must cover the terminal block on each power supply with the provided cover.
WARNING
To protect yourself from possible electric shock, it is important that the terminal blocks are covered when the C3100/C6100 is connected to the DC power source.
You must ground the Fibre Channel disk shelves to the C3100/C6100. All instructions for grounding are in the disk shelf guide.
You must install only the number of disk shelves supported by your C3100/ C6100 model. Go to the System Configuration Guide at http://now.netapp.com to determine the current storage limit for your model.

You must observe the following rules when arranging the system components in the rack:

In a freestanding equipment rack, install either the C3100/C6100 or a Telco shelf at the bottom of the rack. Installing the C3100/C6100 or Telco shelf at the bottom of the rack adds support for the disk shelves.
The Fibre Channel disk shelves must be installed and connected in the freestanding equipment rack in sequential order (see your disk shelf guide for further details).
Disk shelf 0 must be connected to the C3100/C6100 series NetCache appliance. For more information, see your disk shelf hardware guide.