Hardware Deployment

Preparing for a purchase

Determine resource usage

• Where will it be?
• How much power will it use. Is there enough power available?
• Is there enough cooling?
• Where will we be in 2 years? Does this change where we want to put it?

Purchasing

Preparing for hardware

1. Assign IP/hostname(s) as needed

Setting up the hardware

1. Verify condition of hardware
2. Determine how to cable effectively
3. Label cables used
4. Configure PDUs and switches as necessary, add/update their configuration in SVN
5. Hardware-specific instructions
   • Storage
   • Compute Nodes
   • Miscellaneous

Configuring hardware

• Storage
• ComputeNodes
• Miscellaneous