2016 10 12 Installation.

Present: L Nevay, Nathan

* Gallery

Location

• On entering server room, it's A rack straight ahead - they're not numbered so, it's 4th from right (1-counting).
• Black & bright green coloured.

• Physics GRID is on B rack, at far end - so relatively far away.

• 1U space above - used for infiniband - other RHUL switches above that to top of rack
• Installation 4 x 4U.
• 6U free below our installation
• RHUL servers below that - Nathan says these will be decommissioned soon - SB / KR to advise on timescale for possible expansion, ie reserve for planning purposes.

Log

• 9:30 start
• 10 OCF registered with rhul and arrive at huntersdale
• Computers are racked, but not connected to power / network.
• Infiniband switch not installed or connected.
• OCF agree to install infiniband switch.
• Infiniband switch takes 1U but only half transversely. Current switch has 12 ports and all 12 used. To expand require extra switch - can link to first one.
• Switch on top of setup - cables can be up to 30m long apparently, so within one rack, totally fine.

-- LaurieNevay - 12 Oct 2016