Preparing your location for the upgrade

To prepare your location, perform the following tasks:

• Validate that all of your existing cables are labeled appropriately with the port and location they plug into the server and the destination information on both ends.
• Assemble and lay out all of the new cables. The authorized service provider connects the cables to your new server.
• Install any network or telephone connections such as twinaxial, coaxial, telephone twisted pair, or Ethernet cables.
• Rearrange hardware, whenever possible, to ensure that it is located in its final location. This might involve billable services, and you might need to have a plan to determine when the hardware relocation activity should occur.
• Prepare a work space that provides enough room for the authorized service provider to lay out their ESD-protective mat and display their input/output devices and other items.
• Ensure that, when the authorized service provider arrives, the server is available to the authorized service provider with all users off the system and no production jobs running. The authorized service provider can then power the machine off and perform other jobs.