How to Install Multi-Port Monitor › Unpack, Inspect, and Rack Mount the Appliance

Unpack, Inspect, and Rack Mount the Appliance

CA Technologies ships a carton containing the appliance, drives, cables, rack mount rails, and software CD.

Follow these steps:

1. Unpack the carton.
2. Verify that the carton contains all of the items from the parts list that is included in the carton.

   If an item is not present, contact CA Technical Support.

3. Mount the appliance in the server rack.

Important: Insert the drives and connect the cables before connecting power to the appliance.

Insert the Drives

The appliance ships with 16 external disk drives. Each drive is labeled with an identifying number: 0 through 15. Manually insert the disk drives into the slots on the front of the appliance. Do not insert drives from one appliance into another appliance.

Important: The appliance does not detect drives that are inserted in the wrong order. If drives are not detected, the data array used for Analysis Reports and packet storage will not be available.

Follow these steps:

1. Insert drives 0 through 3 in the slots in the first column, starting at the bottom.
2. Insert drives 4 through 7 in the slots in the second column.
3. Insert drives 8 through 11 in the slots in the third column.
4. Insert drives 12 through 15 in the slots in the fourth column.

   All drives are installed and the appliance is ready for cabling.