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Deploying your system
Before you deploy your system, ensure that you read through this document and have yourself
familiarized with the process and required materials.
WARNING: Before you set up and operate your Dell XC430, review the safety instructions that
shipped with your storage enclosure.
WARNING: The weight of your system without the physical disk drives installed (empty weight) is
16.73 kg (36.88 lb).
WARNING: Your system must be installed by Dell certified service technicians.
CAUTION: Before installing your system in the rack, make sure that the weight of the system does
not exceed the weight limit of the rack. For more information, see the Rack Installation
instructions that shipped with your system.
NOTE: For weight stability, always load the rack by using bottom-up approach.
NOTE: This solution is deployed by Dell Services. The following deployment steps provide an outline
of what Dell Services accomplishes during the deployment process.
Before you begin
CAUTION: It is important that you perform all the steps in this guide prior to doing other
configuration steps.
Make sure that the following items are available:
• Power cables
• Network cables — optical and/or copper (Intel SFP+ or Category 6 Ethernet)
• Rail kit
• Nutanix documentation — Setup Guide and Advanced Setup Guide
• Dell Documentation — Dell XC430 Web-Scale Converged Appliance getting Started Guide, Dell
XC430 Web-Scale Converged Appliance Solutions Guide, Rack Installation Instructions, and Safety
Instructions, and Dell XC430 Web-Scale Converged Appliance Support Matrix.
NOTE: For information about locating required documents, see the Documentation matrixsection in
this document.
Setting up your Dell XC430 for first use
1. Make sure that your system components are properly installed.
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