.. _Installing the Appliance:

Installing the Appliance
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Before installing the appliance, make sure you have the following:

- 3U of server rack space in a standard 19-inch cabinet
- at least five free 1/10 GbE ports in a network switch (10 GbE recommended)
- at least five RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect the appliance to the switch
- two power sockets

If you want to set up network bonding, you will additionally need (a) five free 1/10 GbE ports in a network switch (10 GbE recommended) and (b) five RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect the appliance to the switch.

If you want to have access to the nodes from a remote console for out-of-band management, you will additionally need (a) six free 1 GbE ports in a network switch and (b) six RJ45-to-RJ45 patch cables to connect the appliance to the switch.

To install the appliance, perform the following steps:

#. Unpack the appliance.
#. Mount the appliance into rack.
#. Connect cables to the appliance.
#. Configure the appliance using the wizard.
#. Log in to the admin panel and install a license.
#. Enable high availability.
#. Set up the desired workloads in the admin panel.

Steps one through six are described in the following sections. For more information about step seven, refer to the *Administrator's Guide*.

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   unpacking
   mounting-into-rack
   connecting-cables
   configuring